The blueprint for Burnham’s plan to ‘rewire Britain’ could be found 700 miles away
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is exploring regional development strategies, looking to Northern Spain as a potential model for decentralizing power and wealth from London. His administration aims to move beyond traditional neoliberal economic policies to focus on community-based decision-making.
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This represents a significant shift in UK domestic policy, aiming to address regional economic inequality through structural reform.
Andy Burnham has pledged to ‘rewire’ the UK by moving money and power out of London and into its regions. In Northern Spain, one city might provide the blueprint for how to do so. Dan Haygarth finds out
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