Agenda item

The Chair invited Esther Barrott, Adviser, to introduce the report.

Esther introduced the report which provided an overview of provisions within the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill related to devolution and levelling up missions.

Board Members made a number of comments and asked questions which related to the following points:

• The potential levelling-up opportunities present for county-combined authorities where large towns were surrounded by rural areas, and the need for government to recognise that particularly unitary authorities were already fairly well-placed.
• Cities and towns of all sizes needed a fair share of the resources that were available.
• Greater flexibility was welcomed.

Decision:

·       Board Members noted the report.

Action:

·       Officers to continue to feed Board Members’ comments back to government colleagues.