The Department for Communities and Local Government has confirmed that communities and parishes will have a role in local authorities’ devolution deals.

James Wharton, DCLG minister, said: “Local parish and town councils must be proactive, be engaged, and seize the opportunity of devolution. They should find the opportunities that exist and drive them forward to the interest of the communities that they represent. That is what devolution is about – it’s a bottom up process. Devolution won’t be done to anyone.

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