Alex Forsyth

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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.

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

allowing those mayors or local authorities to keep more tax revenues or whatever else it might be. voice-verified

We do know he's talking about transport, skills, housing, so giving them more power to make decisions in their local area. voice-verified

And like I say, some areas already have that, like Greater Manchester. voice-verified

Others don't. voice-verified

It's a real patchwork at the moment in England. voice-verified

And so I think what I think he's talking about is trying to make sure that every part of the country gets the kind of powers that he thinks can lead to a more kind of prosperous local communities. voice-verified

Yeah, totally spot on. voice-verified

And I do think that kind of question of geography is quite a vital question to the whole devolution agenda, really, because where you have got maybe some of the most high profile regional mayors, they have largely, though not exclusively, been based in and around the city region. voice-verified

So Andy Burnham, who was obviously the mayor of Greater Manchester, you had previously the mayor, voice-verified

My God, I've forgotten his name. voice-verified

Andy Street. voice-verified

So my profile just had a mind blank on him, who was the mayor of the West Midlands. voice-verified

Now it's a Labour mayor called Richard Parker. voice-verified

You've had, to be fair, Ben Houchen, Conservative mayor in the Tees Valley, which is less of a city region. voice-verified

But there is this idea about a kind of big urban centre. voice-verified

which could, in theory, act as the site of driver for growth. voice-verified

And like you say, the kind of geography that almost makes a lot of sense so that if you've got a transport network, there's a sort of obvious geographical region that it would apply to. voice-verified

Same with like housing. voice-verified

What then happens in the much more rural areas or the areas where there isn't one obvious urban centre or a natural geography? voice-verified

What about the places where there's a question of identity? voice-verified

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