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Devolution

The latest news and comment on devolution

September 2026

  • Prime minister Andy Burnham gestures as he delivers his keynote speech at Labour party conference

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Burnham says he would put PR in Labour manifesto and scrap triple lock to fund social care – as it happened

  • Shabana Mahmood

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Shabana Mahmood says Labour party wants to create ‘fairness in our immigration system’ – as it happened

  • Simon Jenkins

    What are the Lib Dems for? They must champion localism to stay relevant in an age of single-issue politics

    Simon Jenkins
  • Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks in front of a "Number 10 North" sign.

    First Edition newsletter
    Thursday briefing: Andy Burnham wants to remake Britain from the regions up. Can it work?

    Newsletter

  • The long read
    Labour’s last chance? The people shaping Andy Burnham’s grand plans for Britain

  • England’s mayors should face greater scrutiny as powers expand, thinktank says

  • Slowly then all at once: this emboldened Celtic alliance could spell the end of the UK

    Simon Jenkins

  • First Edition newsletter
    Tuesday briefing: How to understand Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland’s joint call for change

    Newsletter

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    UK politics: Farage hints that Reform’s £72m donations may not be legal under new elections bill - as it happened

  • Westminster’s time is coming to an end, say first ministers of UK’s Celtic nations

  • Leaders at Celtic summit to affirm right to seek independence from UK

  • Why English devolution is fraught with difficulty

  • Burnham must understand Wales is ‘not a region in England’, says first minister

  • Ministers face backlash from hospitality industry over ‘tourist tax’ plans

  • Downside of Burnham’s devolution drive

  • The Guardian view on Burnham’s devolution plans: power must be accompanied by scrutiny

  • Catastrophic dangers await Burnham’s push for English devolution

    Phillip Inman

  • Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Burnham says Brexit brought ‘decade of low growth’ in first Commons address as prime minister – as it happened

August 2026

  • John Harris

    Cities are the big winners in Burnham’s devolution drive. But what happens to the rest of England?

    John Harris
  • Andy Burnham and Bev Craig celebrate Ms Craig’s victory in the Manchester mayoral election on 1 August, which used the supplementary vote system.

    The Guardian view on electoral reform: don’t wait for a crisis to fix a broken system

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