“When a Conservative government is presiding over unfair cuts to tax credits, chaos in the NHS and an unnecessary and ideological attack on trade union rights, it is natural that many in the Labour party should be sceptical of Tory talk on devolution - sceptical, even of government deals with Labour-led local authorities.”

British businessman and former politician

Chuka Umunna is a British businessman and former politician. Born in 1978, he served as the Labour MP for Streatham from 2010 to 2019 and was a member of the Shadow Cabinet from 2011 to 2015. He is known for his role in British politics during a period of party change and realignment. In 2019 he left Labour to help form The Independent Group, later Change UK, then moved on to the Liberal Democrats after a brief period as an independent MP. He was not re-elected in the 2019 general election and did not return to the House of Commons.