Our event at Reform U.K. starting with @akashpaun.bsky.social talking about the “messy” system of local government currently in the U.K. 14 mayors covering about 50% of U.K. the two or three tiers of loval govt made more confusing by other functions that don’t match to political boundaries.

This is the first time I can remember that the tone of my quote has matched my beaming/smug photo

Aso published: More detail on how the integrated settlements and associated accountability frameworks will work. I would *love* to see the tracked changes version of this paragraph. One can only imagine the back and forth between HMT and MHCLG (and the MCAs themselves?)

Ah this is interesting devo news. London will get an integrated settlement after all from next year. It'll be interesting to see how the model differs in London compared to the combined authorities, and whether it'll require constitutional change in the GLA-Council relationship to make it work

Odd reference by the Chancellor to benefiting children "from Swansea to Bridgend" in reference to the expansion of free school meals (in England only, surely?). Paging ‪@thatsdevolved.bsky.social‬

Reeves has been talking for over half an hour and almost all her announcements are about new investment spending (where the envelope is quite generous). There will be fewer good news stories on day-to-day spending where the envelope is much tighter (or this will be a very long speech)

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Agreed - a big milestone, with significantly expanded scope for reallocating funds. In April 2026 it gets even more interesting, with four more regions joining the club, and all six set for 3-year settlements

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