If devolution in England is to be effective the government needs to address the lack of process

The PSA recently published a new report that highlights a number of problems with associated with the current approach to devolution to England’s cities, which is based almost exclusively on informal governance. Ed Cox writes that, far from blaming local areas alone for the apparent disintegration of so many current negotiations, the government must take its responsibility for a lack of process that is threatening the future of such an urgent and important initiative.