Downside of Burnham’s devolution drive

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Areas will remain excluded, and nothing is gained from making local government units larger and more anonymous, write Steve Leach and Colin Copus John Harris correctly recognises that “England’s 14 regional and metro mayors are right to see a growing opportunity for a civic political renaissance”, but justifiably points out how areas remain excluded from the new arrangements, or are at best a poor

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