Can Andy Burnham's devolution plan actually bear fruit?

Is the UK too centralised and will devolution help?Devolution has long created separate administrations for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, rather creating the illusion that the British state must be a quasi-federal one. But the whole of England – 85% of the UK’s population – remains governed by Whitehall. Westminster decides everything, says The Economist, from the sums that local authorities can charge for planning applications to how long the tinkling of ice-cream vans