Starmer woos metro mayors with new council
LABOUR is to establish a new council of regions and nations to co-ordinate central and devolved government, Sir Keir Starmer announced today.
It will meet regularly and around the country, he told a meeting in Downing Street of metro mayors from across England.
“Economy and growth is the number one mission of this Labour government in 2024,” the Prime Minister told the first ever meeting of mayors.
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