Devolution and reorganisation has dominated headlines and topped the agenda for many councils in recent months, so Martin Ford sat down with local government and English devolution minister Jim McMahon at the Convention of the North in Preston to gain some insights into the process
The most extensive reorganisation of local government for half a century is not a job for the faint-hearted.
It is the task that has fallen to Jim McMahon, a man steeped in local government. Having served as a councillor for 14 years, he was elected leader of Oldham MBC for five years before taking up his seat in the House of Commons in 2015. He was also leader of the Local Government Association's (LGA) Labour group.
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