From “Simpler Structures”, to “Rewiring the State” and “Devolution by Default” – what does it all mean?

In late 2024, PLMR’s Senior Counsel and local councillor John Cope wrote that country-wide unitarisation was a radical option ministers would need to weigh carefully. Under Keir Starmer they took that radical path, and under Andy Burnham it is now clear the government will go much, much further. England is in the middle of its […] The post From “Simpler Structures”, to “Rewiring the State” and…