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Wales and Scotland Should Consider Mayoral Devolution, Burnham Suggests

Andy Burnham said deeper devolution could give Scottish and Welsh cities more power, while the UK government promised a fair hearing on Crown Estate control.

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The Prime Minister also said Wales’s appeals to get control over the Crown Estate will be ‘given a fair hearing’.

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The Prime Minister of the UK, Andy Burnham, has said that the Welsh Government's call for control over the Crown Estate will be given a "fair hearing". Speaking during a visit to Port Talbot on Thursday, Burnham said the issue will be among the topics to be discussed when he meets the prime ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland in October.

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Evening Standard broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
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