From Whitehall to Townhall: What the English Devolution Bill Needs
The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill provides a once-in-a-generation chance to deliver the radical change to local government needed to bring about a system that truly works for people in their places. But the current emphasis on the creation of new ‘Strategic Authorities’ doesn’t do that.
This report brings together leading voices in local government reform – John Denham, Dr. Jessica Garland, Sarah Longlands, Sue Goss, and a foreword by North East Mayor Kim McGuinness – to advocate for what is really needed constitutionally, electorally and financially to make the English Devolution Bill the success it can be.
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