ECONOMIC GROWTH

Focus devolution on cities, Osborne urged

Devolution of powers must focus on cities if Britain is to improve its economic outlook, a think tank has warned the Treasury.

Devolution of powers must focus on cities if Britain is to improve its economic outlook, a think tank has warned the Treasury.

In a letter to chancellor George Osborne seen by The MJ, Centre for Cities called for devolution deals to be focussed on urban regions over rural areas owing to their ‘ever-growing importance' to national growth.

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