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Local Government: Devolution

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Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN 900292, tabled on 27 August 2024

Question

Paul Waugh
Labour
Rochdale
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with metro mayors and local authorities on further devolution.

Answer

Angela Rayner
Labour
Ashton-under-Lyne
Commons

Answered on

2 September 2024

In the first days of this Government, the Prime Minister and I met Mayors in Downing Street to discuss devolution and the critical role for mayors in delivering our Mission of Economic Growth.

Building on the last Labour Government’s legacy of the devolution in Scotland and Wales, the Prime Minister and I are determined to see devolution extended to every corner of England and I have invited local areas without a devolution agreement to come forward.

We will continue to work with local leaders, councils, Members of Parliament and stakeholders to deepen and widen devolution across England.

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