The test of Burnham’s government is whether people can look at the place they love and see that it is being looked after.

Likely PM looks to surpass Starmer’s ‘devolution revolution’, redistributing more power away from Westminster to regions like Manchester

A truly radical government would accept that the devolution experiment has failed - but try telling that to Andy Burnham?

They were more likely to say that the prime-minister-in-waiting would govern for the North of England, it revealed.

Some hail the opportunities greater devolution could bring, while others question the cost

The test of Burnham’s government is whether people can look at the place they love and see that it is being looked after.