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What is Andy Burnham’s economic and political blueprint for Britain?

Plans include greater regional power, public ownership of utilities and the end of trickle-down economics

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Andy Burnham’s speech: Rewiring Britain needs Westminster to give up real power

Editorial: The country’s likely next prime minister sketches a post-Thatcherite state built on radical devolution. The test is whether Whitehall yields

The Guardian - UK

Four charts that show the ‘north-south divide’ – but also reveal a more complicated task for Burnham

ANALYSIS : After Andy Burnham set out his devolution policy as he attempts to succeed Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, Alex Ross analyses the so-called north-south divide the “King of the North” will attempt to break

The Independent UK

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Burnham will stand or fall on his plans for youth employment: he must put the next generation first

Labour has to match the success of its New Deal for young people in the late 1990s, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham vows to set up No 10 North as ‘nerve centre of rewired Britain’

UK’s likely next PM says Westminster system is ‘broken’ and he will oversee a devolution of power and resources

The Guardian - UK

Everything we know about Andy Burnham's Number 10 North

ANDY Burnham has pledged to create a “Number 10 North” to act as “the nerve centre of a rewired Britain”, charged with making power flow to…

The National (Scotland)

Andy Burnham: I'll give Sadiq Khan more power on homes and education to keep London 'world's greatest capital'

Prime Minister-in-waiting Burnham is vowing to boost Britain’s economy with the ‘biggest devolution of power in modern times’

Evening Standard

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Burnham plans to ‘rewire’ British state to improve people’s lives across UK

Andy Burnham said his proposals would shift power away from Whitehall as part of a ’10-year-mission’ to drive up living standards.

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham makes vague Scottish devolution pledge in England-focused speech

ANDY Burnham has made a vague pledge to "extend devolution" in Scotland during a speech which largely focused on England.

The National (Scotland)

Andy Burnham promises greater devolution to free country ‘stuck in a rut’

The would-be prime minister said Westminster has not been working for people as he promised to shift power out of Whitehall.

Evening Standard

Inside Andy Burnham's 10-year economic plan: The big changes he says will revive Britain

Labour leadership hopeful Andy Burnham has unveiled a 10-year economic plan aiming for a significant power shift from Whitehall to local leaders. His vision prioritizes devolving control over housing, transport, education, and economic development to metro mayors and local authorities. Burnham argues this decentralization is crucial for reversing sluggish growth,…

The Times of India

Burnham latest: PM in waiting unveils ‘No 10 North’ plan to get power out of London as he vows to ‘rewire Britain’

The PM-in-waiting promised a 'new direction' for the country as he addressed audience in Manchester

The Independent UK

Andy Burnham to pledge ‘good growth in every postcode’ in devolution plan

Makerfield MP on course to be PM will argue for more decision-making in regions and communities as he sets out platform for government

The Guardian - UK

Andy Burnham unveils ‘No. 10 of the North’ in radical plans if he becomes prime minister

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Burnham latest: Makerfield MP vows to ‘lift Britain back up’ with radical 10-year plan to raise living standards

The former mayor of Greater Manchester will make the case for devolution and argue that Britain needs a ‘circuit breaker’

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham to move tens of thousands of jobs out of London in 'biggest devolution of power'

The Prime Minister-in-waiting is aiming to replace a ‘centralised, top-down model’ with locally-driven economic growth

Evening Standard

Burnham to pledge ‘circuit-breaker’ for Britain in devolution and economy speech

The Makerfield MP will confirm a flagship proposal to create a ‘No 10’ in the North and ambitions for ‘good growth in every postcode’.

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham 'to ease London homes crisis by discouraging Northerners from moving to capital'

‘It doesn't help London if London is the only place where people see opportunities for jobs,’ says Cabinet minister Steve Reed

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Evening Standard

Andy Burnham to claim London and the south ‘paying price’ for north’s economic failure

Mr Burnham to set out economic vision in first major speech of leadership bid

Evening Standard

Andy Burnham warned splitting off part of Treasury to the North risks 'failing and wasting time'

‘Machinery of government changes like this are very disruptive,’ former Treasury Permanent Secretary Lord Macpherson tells The Standard

The Conversation

Why Andy Burnham’s radical plan relies on the Treasury being a friend of devolution

Andy Burnham has built his reputation on championing regional devolution – as Greater Manchester’s mayor he was celebrated as the “king of the north”. If, as now seems likely, he becomes prime minister next month, a “devolution blitz” is expected to follow. But it will only succeed if Burnham can…

The National (Scotland)

Three reasons Irish reunification could be nearer than we think

TODAY’S panel event organised by the Social Democratic and Labour Party exploring constitutional change, coinciding with the 10-year anniversary…

Evening Standard

Baroness Sue Gray says she fears for Stormont

Sir Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff previously worked as a senior civil servant in Northern Ireland.

The Conversation

Andy Burnham: what to expect from the UK’s likely next prime minister

Resigning as UK prime minster and leader of the Labour party, Keir Starmer said he accepted, “with good grace”, that the party does not think he is best placed to lead them into the next general election.

Evening Standard

Defence official warns cuts to fund investment plan would be ‘zero game’

UK national armaments director Rupert Pearce said the delay in publishing the defence investment plan was ‘regrettable’.

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