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The dawn of Devo Max

Evidence-based devolution of employment and skills services can start to tackle the lack of skills businesses need to grow, sustain growth and thrive, writes Tom Stannard.

Whatever else happens in this Parliament there's a strong probability it will be remembered as the "dawn of devo-max". The move towards greater local devolution will be at the very top of Greg Clark's agenda.

And with the potential next prime minister - George Osborne – promising big cities devolved powers, in exchange for directly elected mayors.

Tom Stannard

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