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MPs call for devolution expansion

The current programme of English devolution to combined authorities and mayors should be expanded and greater powers devolved, MPs have said.

The current programme of English devolution to combined authorities and mayors should be expanded and greater powers devolved, MPs have said.

A report following an inquiry by the House of Commons' Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee called for a ‘systemic review of how Whitehall relates to local and metropolitan administrations in England and what areas could appropriately be devolved from Whitehall to other authorities within England'.

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