Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, has long championed devolving political power from Westminster to local governments. According to France 24 archives, Burnham proposed redistributing governmental authority away from the nation's capital to regional bodies—a position that underscores the ongoing debate in British politics between centralized and localized decision-making.

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