Burnham is acting like he’s mayor of everywhere – that’s not devolving power to local communities | Simon Jenkins

Politics | The GuardianFriday, July 24, 20262h ago

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“The new PM’s localism agenda doesn’t stop the UK being one of the most centralised counties in Europe. Can you imagine Meloni in charge of social care or Macron discussing buses? Was this a joke? Andy Burnham claimed on coming to office to ”
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Burnham is acting like he’s mayor of everywhere – that’s not devolving power to local communities | Simon Jenkins

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