Double Devolution

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Making the case for ‘double devolution’ this collection of essays calls for a far-ranging programme, shifting power from Whitehall and Westminster to communities and citizens.

Published by the Smith Institute and edited by Geoff Mulgan and Fran Bury of the Young Foundation, this collection advocates the ‘Double Devolution’ of powers – from central government to local, and from local government to very-local.

It calls for a cross party consensus with a ten year programme to shift power downwards from Whitehall to local government, and from town halls to neighbourhoods.

A series of short essays by key experts in the field, address the structural, professional and cultural changes that will be required to deliver a transformation of government in Britain.

Authors

Edited by Geoff Mulgan and Fran Bury, respectively Director and Researcher at the Young Foundation, contributors are:

• Lord Smith of Leigh, Leader of Wigan Council
• Professor Sir Robert Worcester, Founder of MORI and Visiting§ Professor of Government at the London School of Economics
• Sir Simon Jenkins, journalist and broadcaster
• Laurie Howes, Head of the Centre for Local Policy Studies at the University of Gloucestershire
• Phil Swann, Director of the Tavistock Institute
• Sue Charteris, Founding Director of Shared Intelligence
• Richard Brooks, Research Director of the Fabian Society and Lead Councillor for Resources at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
• Nicola Bacon, Paul Hilder and Saffron James of the Young Foundation’s Transforming Neighbourhoods programme
• Dermot Finch, Director of the Centre§ for Cities at the Institute of Public Policy Research
• Lord Chris Haskins, farmer and Chair of the Council of the Open University
• Lucy de Groot, Executive Director of the Improvement & Development Agency
• Nick Raynsford MP for Greenwich and Woolwich
• Sarah Teather MP for Brent and§ Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary for Community and Local Government
• Neale Coleman, Director of Business Planning and Regeneration at the Greater London Authority
• Tom Riordan, Chief Executive of Yorkshire Forward