\u201cIt will increase the case for a constitution because Britain is changing through this, England<\/a> is certainly changing through this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Burnham said the UK needed to devise a codified model of devolution that works for Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland<\/a> and the English regions.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the end, I think it does start to point towards a new constitutional settlement \u2026 with that commitment to equivalent living standards,\u201d he said, adding that his pledge of \u201cgood growth in every postcode\u201d was \u201cmore than just a soundbite\u201d.<\/p>\n Burnham described the further devolution measures outlined on Friday as the most radical departure from Britain\u2019s overcentralised political establishment. The \u201crewiring\u201d of the UK had \u201cgone to a new level of seriousness\u201d and was centred on shifting decision-making outside Whitehall to mayors and local authorities through No 10 North<\/a>.<\/p>\n Tim Bale, a professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London, said introducing a written constitution would be a \u201chuge departure\u201d for the UK. Historically, most countries did it \u201cin the wake of a revolution or a war that has removed or delegitimised the former regime\u201d.<\/p>\n It is unclear how the UK government would go about such significant constitutional change at the same time as pursuing Burnham\u2019s agenda<\/a> on issues such as devolution, social care and public control of utilities.<\/p>\n While it would bring the UK into line with other democracies such as the US, Bale said it could \u201crepresent a major constraint on the executive \u2026 because it would presumably put the rules of the game beyond the power of parliament to change with a simple majority\u201d.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cOne of the upsides is that it might better define the competencies of the various levels of government \u2013 local, regional and national. But there is no way he will be able to limit it to that.\u201d<\/p>\n In his 2024 book Head North, written with the Liverpool city region mayor, Steve Rotheram, Burnham said deep inequality had become entrenched in Britain partly because it had not evolved from a \u201cfeudal state\u201d in which power is largely concentrated in Westminster.<\/p>\n
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