The Government could scrap demands for an elected mayor in devolution deals, a local government academic has hinted.
Speaking to the Local Government Association conference, professor of city leadership at the University West of England, Robin Hamilton, said that while communities secretary Greg Clark seemed to be ‘quite wedded to directly elected mayors so far’ his support for the requirement would ‘maybe not last forever’.
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