Andy Burnham has promised to give councils more powers to tackle problems such as rough sleeping and social care while moving decision-making from Whitehall.
Mayor Chris Cooke, new chair of the Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities (SIGOMA), talks to LocalGov about collaborative governance and funding.
As Andy Burnham enters No. 10, Colin Copus argues he should pause local government reorganisation and ask whether Whitehall's shake-up is devolution at all.
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