Rail’s role in Labour’s “devolution revolution”

The new government wants to give Metro Mayors and their Combined Authorities more powers and a bigger say in how local rail services are run. PETER PLISNER considers what could happen

Metro Mayors, Combined Authorities, devolution deals and devolved powers! The new Labour administration has aspirations to move more power into the regions. While the Conservative government advanced devolution with the creation of Metro Mayors and new Combined Authorities, following the July election things have certainly moved up a gear. Just days after his landslide victory, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer hosted a gathering of the Metro Mayors. A theme of that Downing Street meeting was a greater level of devolution. Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham described it as “businesslike”, with mayors keen to show they are ready to deliver. Days later, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner pledged to kick-start a new “devolution revolution” to transfer power out of Westminster and into the hands of “local people”. In her first letter…

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