Regional mayors to take key roles in UK policy decisions as part of No 10 North plans

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Regional mayors are to be given a leading role in the UK’s economic policy, Andy Burnham has said, as he called the opening of No 10 North “the biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen”. The new prime minister has revived the national economic council [NEC], first set up by Gordon Brown to put the government on a war footing during the 2008 financial crash, arguing that economic growth requires the same level of urgency, focus and collective action. In an article for the Guardian, he wrote: “When I entered Downing Street, I told staff that the era of fighting devolution is over. No one in government loses when…

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