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Minister on devolution: Take it or leave it

A government minister has told East Anglia it can either take or leave the devolution deal signed before the Budget.

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By Dan Peters | 28 April 2016

A government minister has told East Anglia it can either take or leave the devolution deal signed before the Budget.

James Wharton said it was ‘not the intention of the Government to reopen discussions of geography' following complaints about the lumping together of three counties - Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.

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