London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s predecessor and devolution campaigner Andy Burnham announces a new policy that would allow mayors to keep a share of taxes collected within their areas. The proposal is presented as part of a broader “devolution revolution” aimed at giving local leaders more control over how public finances are raised and used. Coverage describes Burnham positioning the plan as a way to address concerns that local authorities are too often ignored in national decision-making, and he frames the initiative as a shift toward empowering local governance. Under the plan, local mayors would receive a portion of tax receipts generated in their region rather than those funds being fully retained by central government. The reporting agrees on the core elements: the tax-sharing mechanism, the connection to a devolution agenda, and Burnham’s presentation of the policy as increasing local influence. The articles do not provide detailed implementation timelines or specify which taxes would be included in the share, but they consistently describe the policy as a move to rebalance fiscal powers between Westminster and local leadership.