Proposed reforms grant mayors significant oversight of water companies, establishing nine regional bodies responsible for strategic planning, objective setting, and accountability, aiming to address perceived regulatory deficiencies.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Prime Minister Burnham of retaining a "mayoral" perspective, suggesting his policy focus remains too narrow for national governance. Badenoch emphasised the necessity for the new government to address systemic UK-wide issues rather than concentrating on localised concerns.
Grant Shapps, the former Defence Secretary, has been barred from standing as a Conservative candidate in the next general election. This decision comes as Kemi Badenoch, a senior cabinet minister, asserts a shift towards a 'new party full of new people'.
