Lancashire devolution deal edges closer as Preston and South Ribble leaders warn: 'Don't leave the districts out in the cold'
That meant a one-council-one-vote arrangement – with a two thirds majority required to approve any proposal. Each council – which would be represented by that authority’s leader – would also have had a veto over any proposed project that was in their patch or if their money was required for it or they could demonstrate that it was reasonably likely to have a material impact on their area.
However, when the government’s Levelling Up and Devolution Bill was published last year, the apparent 'anything goes’ approach of Boris Johnson, had been replaced with a more rigid offering. While a suite of deal types and governance arrangements were contained within it, the no-mayor-no-local-government-reorganisation option wanted by Lancashire required the creation of a combined county authority .
At the government's insistence, district councils - like Preston, South Ribble and Chorley - would not be allowed to be members of it, only the top-tier authorities of the country council, Blackpool Council and Blackburn with Darwen Council. While there are provisions in the bill to create associate and non-constituent members of CCAs, these would not automatically have voting rights and would require the consent of full members in order to acquire them. It is also unclear whether the government would tolerate a devolved two-tier area like Lancashire simply giving all of its district councils associate membership status by default.
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