It is hard to think of a UK politician that has banged the English devolution drum harder than Andy Burnham. The Labour leadership front runner has become the poster child for what happens when local leaders are given the autonomy to shape their own economic destiny. But let’s be absolutely clear, from George Osborne’s Northan Powerhouse to BoJo’s levelling up agenda, all devolution initiatives over the past two decades have had a reliance on Westminster to hand over the money. [...]