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Hello, welcome to the All-Out Politics Podcast. I'm Adam Bolton.

Joining me this week are Rob Lyons from the Academy of Ideas Economy Forum,

the journalist Angela Epstein and Sky's chief political correspondent John Craig.

It's been a strange week for devolution across England

as the Prime Minister battled on several fronts

over the coronavirus restrictions being introduced on a regional basis.

There was a financial row with Greater Manchester's Mayor Andy Burnham,

disagreements with Saddam Khan in London,

and the introduction of Tier 3 in Lancashire and other reasons.

And on top of all that, a seeming new turn with the Chancellor Rishi Sunak back dating some support for affecting areas on Thursday.

Also, it has to be said, I've heard some rather unparliamentary language in the comments this week. We'll be looking at that.

First, though, that battle between North and South, certainly Manchester and Westminster, Boris Johnson and Andy Burnham ended up giving rival press conferences over funding for the region.

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