The capital appears to have ‘taken a step backwards' on devolution, a former chair of London Councils has said.

Speaking a decade after then London mayor Boris Johnson endorsed the findings of the first London Finance Commission, which called for greater financial freedoms for the capital, Peter John said: ‘Whereas Manchester and Birmingham and the North East are making big strides forward in terms of combined authority powers and public service devolution, London actually seems to be standing still or has actually taken a step backwards.