Andy Burnham has promised to give councils greater powers to tackle problems such as rough sleeping and social care while moving decision-making away from Whitehall.
Reappointing Angela Rayner as housing and local government secretary, Burnham pledged the largest council housebuilding programme since the post-war era, with local authorities expected to receive a larger share of the Government's £39bn social and affordable homes programme.
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