'Whitehall is blocking devo'

摘要

One of the biggest challenges to devolution comes from civil servants, the Tory Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, James Palmer, has claimed. Mayor Palmer told the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee there was a reluctance to relinquish powers. He said: 'There are certain civil servants who are negatively affected by the devolving of power into the regions.'