Morphet, Janice;
Denham, John;
(2023)
Trailblazer devolution deals: The next oxymoron in the policy litany of sub-national governance in England?
Local Economy
, 38
(8)
pp. 755-772.
10.1177/02690942241270570.
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Abstract
Here, we examine the continuing UK centralising trend for local government in England and the effects of changing accountabilities through the pathway of devolution narratives. We set out the key characteristics of policy change since 1992 and then analyse the most recently announced model Trailblazer Devolution Deals (TDD) single settlements for Mayoral Combined Authorities announced in the UK Budget 2023. We consider how far these TDD confer more devolution on CAs through the proposed creation of a single settlement for an integrated budget within the context of two previous government initiatives that were focused on the same approach, Government Offices for the Regions (GoRs) (1994–2010) and Total Place (2009–2011). We consider what occurred in practice and reflect on their demise as examples of institutions established by the UK government’s approach to transitional territorialism. We conclude with the view that these initiatives represent devolution in name only (DINO).
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Trailblazer devolution deals: The next oxymoron in the policy litany of sub-national governance in England? |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1177/02690942241270570 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942241270570 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s), 2024. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | devolution, England, combined authorities, centralising the state, trailblazer devolution deals, single settlements |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10200201 |
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