Labour wants further devolution to the English regions if it wins the next election.
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves plans to say in a speech later today that a Labour government would give “more local powers in England over the economy”.
Addressing the Great Northern Conference in Manchester, she will say that Labour would reform what is currently “one of the most centralised states in Europe” in order to create a “prospectus for real levelling-up” of Britain.
Further devolution for both the English regions and the parliaments in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, forms part of former prime minister Gordon Brown’s review of the constitution, commissioned by Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
Those familiar with the contents of the review said it would recommend giving regional mayors more powers over local education and training budgets while extending their remit on infrastructure, planning and transport.
Starmer has already accepted Brown’s recommendation to scrap the House of Lords.
