The country’s likely next prime minister sketches a post-Thatcherite state built on radical devolution. The test is whether Whitehall yieldsAndy Burnham is not prime minister of the UK – yet.

The country’s likely next prime minister sketches a post-Thatcherite state built on radical devolution. The test is whether Whitehall yieldsAndy Burnham is not prime minister of the UK – yet.