Date published: 2006/09/23
The BBC says:
Gordon Brown will seek to devolve power away from central government if he becomes prime minister, he has told the BBC in an interview.
The "Bank of England independence" model, devolving policy from ministers, would let those "better able to manage, just get on with it", he said.
Earlier, it was revealed Mr Brown would consider giving day-to-day control of the NHS to an independent board.
Letting the Bank of England set interest rates was one of the most sensible decisions ever taken by the Blair government, but it was done mostly to prove that Labour was serious about the economy. And the precise power to give the Bank was clear-cut. The situation is completely different in the NHS, and elsewhere. This looks more like Brown trying to prove he is not a control freak, rather than a serious policy announcement.
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