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Row over devolution delay

Councils and the Government are at loggerheads over who is to blame for a 17-month delay for a decision on a devolution growth deal.

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By Dan Peters | 08 April 2019

Councils and the Government are at loggerheads over who is to blame for a 17-month delay for a decision on a devolution growth deal.

Devolution minister Jake Berry suggested last month that the leaders of Warrington, Cheshire East, Cheshire West & Chester councils needed to ‘renew their commitment to the deal if we are to make progress'.

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