Gareth Hetherington: 'Our difficulty is not a shortage of powers but a persistent failure to use the powers already held to ...

Andy Burnham could be the think tank prime minister. The incoming Labour leader pays a lot of attention to wonks and their ...

Perhaps it’s no surprise that the man who made his name as the mayor of Manchester is in favour of more devolution.

All of Lancashire's 15 councils are due to be scrapped within the next year Calls are growing for Lancashire's devolution ...

The prospective prime minister’s Monday speech showed no evidence of tackling the causes of the UK’s strangled growth.

Letters: Daughne Taylor and John Marriott respond to the prospective new prime minister’s 10-year proposal to cede more power to regions and communities ...

But if Burnham wants to turbocharge his ambitions by prioritising fiscal devolution – specifically giving tax-raising powers ...

Like all prime ministers taking over mid-term, Andy Burnham is also constrained by his predecessor’s manifesto and track record. His diagnosis of government failure is correct but incomplete. Likewise ...

Burnham vowed to bring about the “biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen.” Here's what he said about his core ...

It takes a true believer to bring an unfinished revolution over the line. Like Vladimir Lenin, Andy Burnham returned from ...

Last week, the world’s most globe-spanning empire until the mid-20th century let its fate be decided by 3.6 million voters in Scotland. While Great Britain narrowly salvaged its nominal unity, the ...

Despite the setback, which local leaders described as “extremely disappointing”, the Wessex Partnership has carried on as an informal coalition, backing a Joint Growth Plan, shared infrastructure work ...