Andy Burnham has said his radical plans to devolve power away from Westminster will “increase the case” for a written constitution.The lack of a codified constitution “disempowers” areas that have suffered from deindustrialisation and decades of neglect by central government, said the new PM. A desire for equal standards of living across England’s economically disparate geography must be the “cornerstone” of any constitutional settlement.
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