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In my country, devolution has been the equivalent of giving someone a new electric car without the capacity to charge it. That can’t be the model for the whole UK As a journalist, I have specialised ...

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Justice and policing in Wales, control of regional funding and planning powers are the defining issues faced by PM-in-waiting Andy Burnham if he pursues plans for radical devolution. Downing Street ...

Broadening and deepening English devolution may well be signature policies of an upcoming government led by Andy Burnham, but how will he handle the politics of an increasingly fractured UK? All of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. -Credit:Peter Byrne/PA Wire For Wales the prospect of an Andy Burnham premiership should not be viewed through the usual PR-driven ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) The clearest of Andy Burnham's proposed policies is introducing greater levels of devolution – the handing over of more power from Westminster to regional and local ...

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