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The Local Government Association has agreed to give a “back seat” to directly lobbying for devolution after the government changed its policy priorities, with one senior Tory declaring the former devolution process pretty well dead . The government’s scrapping of plans for a devolution white paper this year – and subsuming this work into a broader levelling up white paper – “suggests an opportunity to review the board’s work and how it might most effectively influence this new agenda”, according to a paper to yesterday s LGA people and places board meeting. LGA officers “suggest a change in approach for our lobbying work”, which would “showcase local government’s ability to deliver effectively and at pace and to make a real difference in people’s lives, building on councils’ remarkable efforts during the pandemic”, the paper said. ....