Combining the causes of local government and devolution is the best way to achieve genuine decentralisation in England.
I made this case recently at a seminar in the House of Commons.
The occasion was the launch of a pamphlet I wrote for two organisations with an interest in constitutional and democratic reform, Federal Trust and Unlock Democracy.
In this publication I argue for an extension of devolution, already operating for more than a decade in Greater London, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, to England outside Greater London.