City-region devolution in England

Lupton, Ruth, Hughes, Ceri, Peake-Jones, Sian and Cooper, Kerris Maya Louise (2018) City-region devolution in England. Social Policies and Distributional Outcomes Research Papers (SPDORP02). Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper explores recent developments in the devolution of powers to subnational governments in England and its implications for social policy making and the distribution of economic and social outcomes. It is generally agreed that England is currently an outlier among other developed nations in terms of the degree of centralisation of power within national central government, although historically local government had a much fuller role. Decentralisation of decision-making tends to be shallow, involving localized decisions on service provision, rather than deep, involving a transfer of power over policy aims and methods. Fiscal autonomy is limited. In the context of devolution to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland (and to some extent to London) in the last twenty years, questions have increasingly been asked about the organisation of English government, with calls for further decentralisation. In the last decade the position has begun to change, through a series of negotiated deals transferring powers to individual city-regions, the establishment of combined authorities and, from 2017, the addition of city-region mayors.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Official URL:	https://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/CASE/_new/publications/
Additional Information:	© 2018 CASE & LSE
Divisions:	Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions
JEL classification:	R - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics > R10 - General H - Public Economics > H0 - General > H00 - General
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2024 16:00
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 19:51
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/121546

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