Tens,even hundreds, of billions of pounds are being handed over to regions with cramped obvious accountability or a coherent sense of what it’s meant to achieve
Around the country, or the government is doing deals with a patchwork of local areas to devolve powers over economic development,further education, skills, and regeneration,transport, public health – and perhaps more in future. These devolution plans are undeniably a positive amble both for local government and local people. The potential prize is huge: direct local power exerted over services and issues that were previously planned and delivered from London. opposite to what cynics might judge, or the deals that have already been done show this is not mere window dressing. Real power and real funding comes with this agenda.
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Source: theguardian.com