Andy Burnham has taken his case for regional empowerment to Glasgow, where he is meeting the first ministers of Scotland and Wales today and wants to discuss what he calls the next stage of devolution. According to a No 10 overnight briefing, Burnham is less interested in handing more powers to the devolved parliaments and more interested in promoting regional empowerment within their countries.

Who is at the summit

The Scotland and Wales leaders meeting brings together Burnham, John Swinney, the Scottish first minister, and Rhun ap Iorwerth, the Welsh first minister.

One seat is empty. Northern Ireland's first minister, Michelle O'Neill of Sinn Féin, will not attend. She holds the role jointly with a DUP deputy first minister, and both are staying away because the DUP has vetoed their attendance over an ongoing row about Drumcree. Some officials will attend in their place.

The nationalist presence around the table is new: since the May elections, when Plaid Cymru won in Wales, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have for the first time had first ministers from parties that want to break away from the UK.

The offer to each nation

Burnham said he would make an offer to each nation's government: put politics aside and work in partnership with the UK government to develop models of regional empowerment. Downing Street said he will argue that devolution by default should not be about the transfer of powers from one parliament to another, but should go deeper within nations, empowering the places and communities that know best what they need to grow.

He framed the agenda in simple terms: regional empowerment, he said, is the next stage of devolution, and 'Together, there is no limit to what we can achieve.'

Rewiring the state

Ahead of the summit, Burnham said in his pre-summit statement:

He added that he wants to make sure every city and region in the United Kingdom is part of that.

The Glasgow day began with business as well as constitutional talk: in the morning Burnham chairs a meeting of the national economic council in the city. As the devolution summit takes place, Downing Street is due to hold its lobby briefing at 11.30am.