Lancashire Devolution deal Two Lancashire district council leaders say their residents will be unimpressed with the county’s proposed devolution deal once
Two Lancashire district council leaders say their residents will be unimpressed with the county’s proposed devolution deal once it is implemented – in spite of the results of a consultation showing broad support amongst those who responded.
In a letter to the government when the deal was published late last year, eight district leaders expressed concern at seeing the cash transferred to what they described as the “unaccountable and inefficient” CCA model. Late last month – and before the consultation results were published – West Lancashire Borough Council passed a motion put forward by leader Yvonne Gagen which specifically called for the fund to remain under district control.
Meanwhile, Cllr Foster, who has also previously condemned the changes to the UKSPF that will accompany the deal, characterised the almost 1,900 completed consultations as “a lukewarm response to, at best, a lukewarm proposal”. That is because, unlike the deepest arrangement, level 2 does not require an area to have an elected mayor – the prospect of which has repeatedly divided Lancashire leaders during more than seven years of devolution discussions
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