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John Swinney has rejected Andy Burnham’s claim that parts of Scotland feel as distant from Holyrood as they do from Westminster, the Press Association reports.
In his speech in Manchester on Monday, Burnham, who is set to become PM later this month, said:
[The work of No 10. North] will be about offering new opportunities to extend devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland by taking power deeper down.
The people of Dundee and Bangor feel just as distant from Holyrood and the Senedd as they do from Westminster.
I don’t agree with them that areas feel distant from Holyrood.
The city of Dundee just re-elected SNP members of the Scottish parliament and the Labour party got terrible results in the city.
What I agree with is having empowered and strong local authorities, as we have in Scotland. I want to make sure they’ve got more power and more scope to increase economic performance in individual localities.