# Healey’s first budget to include big devolution package to boost growth

- Source: Guardian World
- Published: 2026-10-24T21:30:43+00:00
- Category: World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/24/andy-burnham-john-healey-first-budget-devolution-growth-package
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Chancellor will build on Burnham’s promise that local leaders in England will no longer have to ‘come cap in hand to Westminster’ Andy Burnham has promised that local leaders in England will no longer have to come “cap in hand to Westminster” ahead of a fresh drive to devolve spending power in next week’s budget. In his statement on Wednesday, the chancellor, John Healey, will include plans for a

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