Celtic leaders doubt Burnham’s devolution drive will go beyond England’s borders

Andy Burnham, expected to become prime minister on July twentieth according to The Guardian, is pitching devolution reforms for England—promising to make 'No 10 North' the nerve centre of a rewired Britain. But leaders in Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland aren't buying it. Sources in Cardiff and Edinburgh say Burnham's made basic missteps in his pitches to the Celtic nations, leaving them skeptical his devolution promises will go beyond England's borders.

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