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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Pippa Crerar and Peter Walker

Keir Starmer to promise new powers for all of England’s towns and cities

Keir Starmer at the Labour conference in Liverpool
Keir Starmer will pledge that councils and combined authorities would get more control over housing and planning, skills, energy and transport. Photograph: Gary Roberts Photography/Shutterstock

A new Labour government would give all towns and cities in England new powers and funding to boost local economies, deliver thousands of new homes and create high-quality jobs, Keir Starmer will announce.

In the biggest expansion of devolution since Labour was last in power, he will pledge that councils and combined authorities would get more control over housing and planning, skills, energy and transport of the kind currently held by London, the West Midlands and Greater Manchester.

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