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Call for devolution jump-start after policy stalls

Local government secretary Sajid Javid's latest annual report on devolution has laid bare the extent that the policy stalled in 2016/17.

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By Dan Peters | 10 January 2018

Local government secretary Sajid Javid's latest annual report on devolution has laid bare the extent that the policy stalled in 2016/17.

The report confirmed that the Government reached no devolution agreements - either with new areas or those with an existing deal – in 2016/17.

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