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Many UK cities are piloting the use of data and technology to deliver more efficient services, but these tests need to roll out into widespread practice.
How have attitudes to metro mayors shifted in response to the Chancellor's speech on city devolution yesterday?
The Chancellor has put the ball firmly in the court of local politicians across UK cities. Those resistant to creating a metro mayor risk missing out on the benefits of further devolution.
A Conservative-led Government may only have the political capital to strike one other agreement on the scale of 'Devo Manc'.
All parties have shown that transport infrastructure needs to be fit to meet the demands of the economy, but part of this will be about local control.
While all parties promising higher wages and more and better quality apprenticeships, there is barely a mention of productivity.
Effective investment in skills is vital if cities are to prosper
Focusing on the deficit without addressing the country's ability to grow its economy is a mistake.
Birmingham and Manchester have not created enough knowledge jobs to relieve their industrial hangover, but they are well on their way.
Cities with new industries, like Oxford and Cambridge, have not expanded as much as they could have.