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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

Local government reorganisation (LGR) decisions were likely withdrawn anywhere a judicial review challenge had been launched, a legal expert has told Room151, with the government’s pause and review driven by the need to put the process on a sound legal footing.

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