Yet what I saw, bizarrely, was not so much another Healey in the making as Boris Johnson with a Northern accent, or even ...

Devolution – or devo-maxxing – was the order of the day in Andy Burnham's most significant speech yet on how he would govern.

In this, some acknowledgement from Mr Burnham of what has made the capital the great economic powerhouse it is, would go a ...

Boris Johnson has conceded he offered the “skeleton” of plans to level up the nation when he proposed greater regional devolution in a speech billed as a major bid to define his vision for the UK. The ...

The Communities Secretary said the prospective prime minister’s plans for an outpost of No 10 based in Manchester were a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former prime minister Boris Johnson has called on the government to accelerate levelling-up measures such as Northern Powerhouse ...

BBC Verify has looked at what impact further devolution could be expected to have on the UK.

Andy Burnham’s victory in the Makerfield byelection doesn’t simply mark the return of one of Labour’s most recognisable ...

As Andy Burnham prepares to enter Downing Street, Localis' Jonathan Werran asks whether his premiership will unlock ...

The government’s levelling up strategy to tackle regional inequality promises a “revolution in local democracy”. It seeks to do this largely through regional devolution – setting up more localised ...