UK Prime Minister urges written constitution
British Prime Minister-elect Andy Burnham has expressed his support for adopting a written constitution for the United Kingdom, which currently lacks a unified constitutional text and is governed by disparate laws and judicial decisions. This reform has long been demanded by predecessors. Burnham, who has made strengthening decentralization a priority, aims to transfer powers to regional and local authorities, including allowing mayors to retain some taxes, in order to establish clear principles for the country's governance. Drafting a written constitution requires extensive efforts and broad consultations, with a history of constitutional reforms in the late 1990s. However, England still maintains a high degree of centralization despite those reforms.
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