Local devolution decisions rest solely with Scotland and Wales, first ministers tell Burnham
Summary
Scotland and Wales’s first ministers said decisions about devolving powers within their countries belong to their own parliaments. They discussed local employment and reindustrialisation powers with Andy Burnham, amid disagreement over whether English-style regional devolution should be extended across the UK.Key Facts
- John Swinney and Rhun ap Iorwerth said further devolution within Scotland and Wales is for their parliaments to decide.
- Wes Streeting criticised the Scottish government for not transferring more of its powers to local government.
- Burnham said he wanted all four UK nations to advance at a similar pace on devolution.
- The article said budget measures would give mayors in England more control over tax revenues.
- Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill missed the summit after a political dispute between Sinn Féin and the DUP.
- Ap Iorwerth said Wales’s Senedd should decide whether to devolve more powers within Wales.
- The Welsh government said Burnham’s first budget amounted to a real-terms funding cut for Wales.
- Lee Waters argued that England’s mayoral model does not fit Wales’s different political geography.
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