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

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Would-be prime minister has made basic missteps in pitches to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

Andy Burnham’s devolution promises are yet to impress sceptical Celtic administrations hoping for a reset with Westminster, sources in Cardiff and Edinburgh have said.

Burnham, who is expected to take over from Keir Starmer as prime minister on 20 July, has made much of his support for the devolution of power and resources in England, pledging in an agenda-setting speech last week to make a new “No 10 North” the “nerve centre of a rewired Britain”.

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