Devolution could mean we can improve local people's lives and we are committed to it, so why haven't we got it? 

Recent research suggests that over the next 25 years with one pot of money, decisions made locally on the priorities that we know would make the biggest difference in driving growth for all and closing the so called 'performance' gaps between our region and the rest of the country, could have profound effects for the people of the Leeds City Region, of Yorkshire and of the North more widely.