2 days ago · England
The Guardian view on England's north-south divide: Burnham must deliver more than devolution | Editorial

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What we know
The prime minister promises to repair decades of regional damage. His government must redistribute wealth to close deadly inequalities Andy Burnham’s call to abandon “ 40 years of neoliberalism ” rests partly on the damage that he says it has done to northern England.
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