Since 2020, the Heseltine Institute policy briefings have provided a space for academics, policymakers and practitioners to explore and explain the critical issues facing UK city-regions and public policy. Over the coming weeks, we’ll be highlighting some of the 80 briefings we’ve published over the last four and a half years in a series of collections focused on themes central to the work of the Heseltine Institute – and current political debate more broadly.
Our first compilation brings together several briefings on the topic of English regional devolution. Reflecting on the findings and analysis contained in the six briefings included here, we ask – how can the potential of devolution in England be unleashed? A decade on from the creation of the first combined authorities, including in Liverpool City Region, how might these organisations evolve over the next decade? In the context of a first Labour government in 14 years, which has committed to furthering and strengthening devolution in England, what can we learn from how devolved institutions have developed?
The pieces included in this collection provide insights not only into what’s happened in English regional policy, but how mayors and combined authorities can build and use their power to bring change.
Unleashing the potential of devolution in England
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