Steve Schifferes
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What Andy Burnham can learn about devolution from Britain’s Victorian industrial cities (opens the original)
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Andy Burnham’s central vision is for a devolved system of local government that promotes economic growth and fosters local pride. The prime minister’s approach resonates with something known as the “municipal gospel” that swept through Victorian cities in the late 19th century. This history offers some useful insights into the current challenges. By the middle of the 19th century, Britain’s rapidly industrialising northern cities began to recognise that they had to take direct action to improve
Chancellor John Healey faces serious challenges in funding Burnham’s grand aspirations (opens the original)
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The UK’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, laid out a radical agenda in his short speech upon taking office. He called for a long-term strategy to reverse 40 years of Thatcherism, and the privatisation and centralisation that resulted. Wisely, he put a ten-year horizon on these objectives and it is now up to his new chancellor, John Healey, to realise his ambitions. Sensibly, Burnham has also announced less costly but limited measures to deal with the cost of living and the housing crisis – inte
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