LGA Governance


Agenda item

Agenda item

Devolution and Local Governance Reform Update

Minutes:

The Chairman invited Philip Clifford, Senior Adviser, to introduce the update.

 

Philip introduced the report and referred to the continued degree of uncertainty regarding the timing of the Devolution and Local Recovery White Paper. The LGA had continued to keep the issue in the national spotlight and maintain a watching brief on the related, but distinct, issue of local government reorganisation. He additionally provided a brief update following the launch of the Devolution APPG Inquiry into the role of national government in making a success of devolution in England.

 

The Chairman encouraged Board Members to look at the APPG work to ensure that local government were shaping devolution and local government reform.

 

Decision:

 

Members noted the report.

 

Action:

 

Officers to circulate a guide to local government reorganisation to Board Members.

 

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