Deal or no deal

By Dr Jonathan Carr-West | 16 March 2016
  • Dr Jonathan Carr-West

George Osborne presented this Budget as another step towards his ‘devolution revolution’. 

In two important ways we do see the devolution agenda advancing in today’s announcement: both in terms of depth with new criminal justice powers handed over to devo-flagship Greater Manchester and in breadth with the extension of devolution deals to counties. 

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