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Does the public back devolution?

As Theresa May reigns in the Treasury's devolution ambitious, Ben Page explains what the public really thinks about councils receiving more powers

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By Ben Page | 14 September 2016

Mrs May is careful. An ambitious Treasury has been reined in for now and George Osborne and his hi-vis jackets sent packing.

News that she may or may not (no pun intended) support mayors in more rural parts of Britain was greeted with anxiety among their supporters.

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