Andy Burnham says he wants to "move beyond the old politics of conflict" on devolution

Jenny Gilruth, Scotland’s deputy first minister, challenged Andy Burnham, the Labour leader and UK prime minister, on the day he made his first major speech in Scotland since taking office. Burnham offered to work with the SNP on extending devolution and framed his approach as a break from past partisan clashes. At the SNP’s Aberdeen conference, Gilruth countered that his main announcements had mostly applied to England and said his conduct suggested he was governing only England. She urged him to permit another independence referendum; Burnham has said a fresh vote is not on the table. The SNP has launched its largest independence campaign since 2014, aiming to contact about 1.5 million Scots.