Devolution in evolution

For immediate release: 9 November 2015"A mayor is not an essential condition for Devolution", Director General of Decentralisation and Growth, Simon Ridley told members of ADEPT (the Association of Directors of Economy, Environment, Planning and Transport) at the Annual ADEPT conference in Manchester last week (November 6th) in his opening speech. Despite various suggestions that devolution would only be granted to those who could offer a mayoral system, Simon Ridley commented that this was not a deal breaker but, provided focused leadership and clear accountability were in place, a wide