In The Room | Andy Burnham wants to be Britain’s least powerful PM | In The Room

Devolution, or devo-maxxing, was the topic of the day in Andy Burnham’s most important speech yet on how to govern.

But delegation is a tune many leaders have played before. Tony Blair turbocharged it after 1997, George Osborne promised a Northern Powerhouse and Boris Johnson made a lot of noise about leveling up. Yet Britain remains at the top, with power and wealth concentrated in London. The UK also sends a much larger share of tax revenue to the central government than almost any other major economy.

So is now the right time for devo-maxx? Is Burnham the right man to do this?

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