Fiscal devolution must be accompanied by reorganisation and growth incentives if councils are to become more than care providers, a sector expert has warned.
Addressing the All Party Parliamentary Group on Devolution this week, chief executive of the Centre for Cities think-tank, Andrew Carter, said devolution would be meaningful only if local authorities were given power over the likes of skills and transport.
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