The ongoing pandemic disruption combined with Brexit could overwhelm local authorities and devolved administrations, according to the Institute for Government.
Finance ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have expressed concerns over the financial implications the UK Internal Market Bill will have on devolved governments.
The UK government should look to create its own state aid system after the Brexit transitional agreement ends, according to the Institute for Government.
The government’s Internal Market Bill could make a future free trade deal with the European Union harder, leaving UK GDP 2% worse off, according to ratings agency Fitch.
