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Mayors urged to break down silos with £13bn funding package

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Integrated funding settlements open up the opportunity for growth and should be the start of “further, wider and faster” devolution, according to local government commentators.

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The comments come as the government set out the funding plans it hopes will give England’s mayors the fiscal firepower they need to boost

‘Half-baked’ plans to overhaul Scottish local government will lead to significant financial costs that have not been thought through and risk repeating the flawed process of local government reorganisation (LGR) in England, ministers have been warned.

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