BBC Verify has looked at what impact further devolution could be expected to have on the UK.

Before too much longer, Lancashire will be the only part of the north-west of England not to have an elected mayor. Greater ...

Swindon had hoped to join Oxfordshire and Berkshire in one mega-authority but plans have stalled.

Andy Burnham could be the think tank prime minister. The incoming Labour leader pays a lot of attention to wonks and their ...

Andy Burnham, frontrunner to be Britain’s next Prime Minister, vows strict Labour fiscal discipline while unveiling a “No 10 ...

The man most likely to be the next UK Prime Minister says Whitehall has too often behaved as though Cardiff Bay were a ...

Labour has formally opened its leadership contest with Andy Burnham as the only candidate. His unopposed path could make him prime minister within days and sharpen focus on devolution and defence.

Andy Burnham is not so much King of the North as Slayer of the South. His government will fail, but not before inflicting immense damage on London and the Home Counties. He will ruin all that remains ...