Alex Forsyth

speaker

2,054 appearances 20 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 3d ago

Alex Forsyth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 20 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 6.

Appearances

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

Newscast · What’s Andy Burnham’s Plan To Move Power Out Of London? · 10 Jul 2026 podcast

So, you know, we had the previous Conservative government that started rolling out and creating mayors. voice-verified

We've then had voice-verified

Including Andy Burnham's old job. voice-verified

Yeah, that was actually created under George Osborne when he was the Chancellor and he had this big dream about the Northern Powerhouse and they created the Greater Manchester Mayoralty as well as a whole load of others in that first range. voice-verified

Then actually the Conservative government set up another programme of devolution and said, look, come on other areas. voice-verified

If you want a bit more power and clout, then we'll look at giving you some kind of devolution arrangements. voice-verified

The so-called city deals. voice-verified

God, you're like a pro. voice-verified

You're an expert. voice-verified

You've done your reading. voice-verified

I love it. voice-verified

And then we also had Keir Starmer come in with then Angela Rayner, who was at the time in charge of the Department for Local Government and Housing and Communities. voice-verified

And they launched what they called a devolution revolution. voice-verified

And that involved this whole massive shakeup of the way that local government is organised in England. voice-verified

because they wanted to change all the structures of councils and then allow combined authorities, which are authorities that would sit over like an umbrella of several different councils and then have mayors at the head of those. voice-verified

And then they said they would get a whole load more powers and clout to make sure that their area can prosper and grow. voice-verified

So we've already been on this kind of pathway of devolution. voice-verified

And what we're hearing from Andy Burnham, I think, is that he wants to kind of turbocharge that. voice-verified

And like I say, we don't know voice-verified

what his plans, if any, might be for fiscal devolution, i.e. voice-verified

Showing 881–900 of 2,054 · page 45 of 103