Just before the Christmas holidays, the government published their eagerly awaited white paper on English Devolution. The resulting English Devolution Bill will usher in the biggest reorganisation of local government for decades- including a restructure of local government towards unitary authorities, the creation of a new tier of mayoral strategic authorities with wider powers, and efforts to support staffing capacities to deliver. Our colleagues at Centre for Cities held a webinar on the 9th January assessing key details, particularly the plans for reorganisation of local government structure. In this blog I focus on some of the new responsibilities proposed, and how these align with our new policy challenge pages on local growth plans; supporting local business investment; local economies and net zero; and economic inactivity, skills, and good jobs.

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22 January 2025

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What works centre for economic growth

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https://whatworksgrowth.org/insights/english-devolution-new-responsibilities-new-challenges/

This Blog is published under the centre's Urban programme.