Senior DCLG mandarin rejects calls for 'core devolution package'

Rhodri Clark

09 November 2015

The Whitehall director general for decentralisation and growth has rejected the idea of a 'core devolution package' for councils to avoid extensive waste and repetition in ongoing negotiations.

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) director, Simon Ridley, was challenged by a senior council figure at the ADEPT annual conference in Manchester.

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