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Capacity and governance challenges in English devolution

This report examines the practical realities of devolution. Drawing on interviews with senior local government officials involved in establishing and running combined authorities, it reveals a significant gap between the ambitious rhetoric of devolution policy and the operational challenges facing those tasked with making it work.

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