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Tortuous, complex and fragmented: the challenges now facing fiscal devolution

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The fallout from the local elections could threaten the government’s drive for fiscal devolution, experts have warned.

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Simon Kaye, director of policy at Re:State, said the impact of the election results on fiscal devolution was hard to predict and would depend

Local government reorganisation (LGR) decisions were likely withdrawn anywhere a judicial review challenge had been launched, a legal expert has told Room151, with the government’s pause and review driven by the need to put the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