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Below is the full text of the speech delivered by Keir Starmer this morning. Good morning. I want to start by addressing the emerging situation relating to the pandemic. The news over the last 24 hours has been deeply disturbing. The number…
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has brought together Welsh and Scottish Labour leaders and English mayors from across the country to demand a "new constitutional offer" and a "new deal for a better Britain". The group, which includes…
Keir Starmer is expected to promise a "path to a socially just and secure, modern UK" as he launches a constitutional commission to spread "power, wealth and opportunity" out of Westminster. In a key speech aimed at Scottish voters on…
Keir Starmer will declare that he is "determined" to "preserve and renew" the United Kingdom in a major speech on Scotland, devolution and the Union ahead of Holyrood elections taking place next year. Delivering the JP Mackintosh Memorial…
For a referendum that was supposed to resolve long running divisions over independence, the polarising effects of the 2014 campaign define Scottish politics to this day. If there is a further referendum in the coming years, and whatever the…
Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has declared that the Labour Party "needs to become more enthusiastic about devolution" in an exclusive interview with LabourList about his role during Covid and bid for re-election. "I struggled more…
Most people will be familiar with The Full Monty, the film and musical about laid-off Sheffield steel workers, scratching around to make a living, who end up becoming male strippers. It is obviously meant to be an upbeat and inspirational…
Keir Starmer has revealed in a 'Call Keir' session with Morecambe and Lancaster residents this afternoon that the coronavirus crisis has changed his view of directly-elected local and regional mayors. Asked about a devolution deal not being…
It’s nearly ten years since I took part in an incredibly memorable hustings at Oakwell, the home of Barnsley Football Club. That evening, which is seared into my memory, Barnsley Central Constituency Labour Party members met to select their…
Mark Drakeford has accused the Prime Minister this afternoon of having tried to "show off" to northern English Conservative MPs by describing devolution as a "disaster" on Monday evening. Addressing members of the Senedd during First…
There is no holding back this PM. Self-isolating or otherwise, he has proven once again his formidable ability to put his foot in his mouth and kick off an almighty row. Reports emerged last night that Boris Johnson claimed “devolution has…
Andy Burnham has called for the UK to adopt a more federal model of government as he criticised the Prime Minister over his comments that "devolution has been a disaster north of the border" and was Tony Blair's "biggest mistake". In an…
