Devo in danger from top-down approach

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Devo in danger from top-down approach

Ministers are jeopardising growth with their ‘top-down approach’ to devolution governance, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned in the aftermath of a report on the future of the industrial strategy.

Ministers are jeopardising growth with their ‘top-down approach' to devolution governance, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned in the aftermath of a report on the future of the industrial strategy.

The Industrial Strategy Com-mission, chaired by economist Dame Kate Barker, said the new Industrial Strategy ‘must have an ambitious plan to tackle our major regional imbalances'.

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