The general election result has threatened to reopen old divisions in Lancashire over devolution
A Lancashire council leader has warned against trying to renegotiate the county’s devolution deal now that Labour is in government. Stephen Atkinson, who leads Conservative-controlled Ribble Valley Borough Council , told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that attempting to change the agreement – struck with the previous Tory administration late last year – would likely result in having to go back to square one in the tortuous process.
Cllr Atkinson said of the latter prospect, which has so far been called for by five Labour district council leaders: “The current deal took a lot of time and effort to be negotiated – we would lose too much time and have to start again.”READ MORE: The bold £70m plan to reduce congestion on key routes between M6 and M65
Unsurprisingly, the high-level statement offered no detail on any implications of the forthcoming legislation for the Lancashire deal, which had been poised to be put before Parliament for final approval before the snap election was called. As the LDRS revealed last week, no decision has yet been taken by the new government on the matter – including the thorny subject of whether any changes would involve the creation of an elected mayor for the county.
The Labour former leader of South Ribble Borough Council, Paul Foster – now the South Ribble MP – has also said he will continue to push for the creation of a mayor from his new parliamentary position.
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