Why Andy Burnham's devolution agenda sounds a lot like Mike Bloomberg's
His eponymous Bloomberg Philanthropies is training mayors around the globe
In his speech today, Andy Burnham outlined plans to go even further with devolution.
The news was welcomed by Tracy Brabin, the Mayor of West Yorkshire, who posted on X that Andy had “led the way in the devolution revolution” and that “devolution is already delivering for people in West Yorkshire”.
Next to the post, Brabin shared a photograph of herself with fellow regional mayors, including Steve Rotheram, the Mayor of Liverpool City Region, and Kim McGuinness, the Mayor of the North East England:
Funnily enough, Brabin, McGuinness, Rotheram and Burnham have all attended the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative run by US billionaire Mike Bloomberg (via his eponymous Bloomberg Philanthropies).
Rotheram (right) was part of Burnham’s intake in 2017, along with Ben Houchen, the Conservative Mayor of Tees Valley (left):
McGuinness attended last year…
… thanking Mike Bloomberg on LinkedIn:
Brabin attended the Harvard course in 2022 and has also gone on Bloomberg’s LSE course:
This is just the beginning of their links to Mike Bloomberg/ Bloomberg Philanthropies.
