Prime minister in Glasgow to meet with Scottish and Welsh leaders to talk about ‘next stage of devolution’

In his statement ahead of the devolution summit in Glasgow today, Andy Burnham made it clear that he is interested in transferring more power from Edinburgh to Glasgow. (See 9.11am.) But John Swinney, the Scottish first minister, would rather talk about devolving further powers from London to Edinburgh. He issued this statement ahead of the meeting.

The prime minister has made devolution a central focus for his government. However the UK government must ensure that any devolution proposals respect devolution in Scotland. That means working with the Scottish government.

The Scottish government has put forward substantive proposals to the UK government on areas where further devolution would help grow Scotland’s economy and I will press the prime minister, and his government, to work with us to deliver those proposals.