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

Guardian World30 October 2026, 09:18 UTCUnited Kingdom

Prime minister in Glasgow to meet with Scottish and Welsh leaders to talk about ‘next stage of devolution’Andy Burnham has admitted his first budget as prime minister was not as radical as he would have liked because of the economic uncertainty facing the country, Kiran Stacey reports.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 intere

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