Local government minister Simon Clarke said the government’s forthcoming devolution white paper will help the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
The Whitehall-centred model of government allowed the UK manage its overseas empire but is a barrier to reducing present-day internal regional disparities, says Malcolm Prowle.
With half of the UK registering productivity levels about the same as the poorer parts of the former East Germany, the prime minister’s pledge to “level up every part of the country” is...