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Burnham offers to help Scotland decentralise power.

Burnham will state that, after 27 years of devolution from Westminster, Scotland's government remains among Europe's most centralised devolved administrations. He will make the offer on Friday in North Lanarkshire, while the SNP holds its annual conference in Aberdeen. Swinney, Scotland's first minister, is already considering regional decision-making, but he wants a second independence referendum by 2031, which Burnham calls off limits.

By BriefTea Editorial · 16 October 2026 at 11:19

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