Burnham says he wants to offer more ‘regional empowerment’ ahead of devolution summit – UK politics live

Prime minister in Glasgow to meet with Scottish and Welsh leaders to talk about ‘next stage of devolution’ Good morning. Andy Burnham is in Glasgow today for a meeting with the leaders from Scotland and Wales and he says he wants to use it to talk about “the next stage of devolution”. According to the overnight briefing from No 10 , he is less interested in giving more powers to the devolved parliaments and more interested in promoting “regional empowerment” in their countries. In his pre-summit statement, Burnham says: Through No 10 North, we are rewiring the state. I want to make sure every…

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