The one thing we do know about Burnham is his commitment to greater devolution across the United Kingdom... If he learns the right lessons from devolution’s successes and failures, he may yet achieve some welcome progress.
The U.K.'s prime minister in waiting wants to devolve power from London to the nation’s regions. But past efforts have been anything but successful ... .
The report emphasises the need for political leadership and a clear plan for radical devolution ...Andy Burnham’s success in Greater Manchester is held up as an example of what devolution has the potential to do.
Cllr Eamonn O'Brien, the new Chair of the LGA, has called on the next Prime Minister to deliver 'real devolution', with power focused as near as possible to the communities it affects ... "Devolution ...
The same cannot be said for devolution, even fiscal devolution ... He presents fiscal devolution as a self-evident route to faster growth ... But that isn’t the version of fiscal devolution that Burnham seems to be embracing.
) UK's largest community funder says devolution must not stop at institutions, and urges government to empower communities in moment of national renewal ...David Knott welcomed the government's focus on devolution, but set out a simple test for reform.
) Transcript of David Knott's keynote speech - will devolution stop at institutions? ... Recent interventions on renewal and devolution have given those questions the urgency they have long required ... Will devolution stop at institutions?.
Andy Burnham’s flagship promise to devolve power to the local level will not apply to the NHS if the current health bill passes into law in its present form (Andy Burnham to pledge ‘good growth in every postcode’ in devolution plan, 28 June).