Roger Lee

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Merryn Talks Money · What Is 'Manchesterism'— And Will It Boost Britain's Economy? · 3 Jul 2026 podcast

They're reducing the regulatory burden.

They're reducing the tax burden.

And of course, they've got some of the lowest energy prices in the Western world.

And there is no surprise, therefore,

that they are growing quicker than anyone else in the Western world.

So what Andy Burnham is doing, I'm afraid, is we are having another go.

And I think this is an idea, to me anyway, that this is statism applied harder and applied differently.

And I fear the outcome will be exactly the same as other forms of statism that we've seen over the last few years.

Yes, it's an extension of that.

Again, I don't mean to be flippant, but he is literally moving the desks around.

Now...

I don't know the Manchester economy well enough, Merrin.

It's quite difficult to unpack whether devolution in Edinburgh or Wales has worked, let alone whether devolution in a metropolitan area has worked.

But I can tell you where it has worked.

We'll talk about where it has worked.

So if anyone asks you, where has devolution worked?

Now, devolution tends to work from an economic perspective where they have what they call as competitive federalism.

And some people talk about this as competitive devolution, but I think the economic term is competitive federalism.

This is some very clear examples of this.

Florida and Texas in the United States would be seen to have very successful economies relative to the other United States because they are able to effectively set their own tax rates, both corporate and personal, and they have tax

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