Devolution for Yorkshire is the answer
Scotland and Wales each have their devolution movements: should Yorkshire as England’s largest county follow?
Read moreDetailsJohn Harris CBE DL has had four careers. He was in local government (incl as chief executive of South Yorkshire Metropolitan County Council) and then in the private sector as a company director working in the UK and overseas. He has held non-executive government and other director appointments and is a trustee of a number of Yorkshire-based arts, housing and community charities. He is a passionate European and member of the One Yorkshire committee (a cross-party, cross-sector, cross-regional committee seeking greater powers for Yorkshire) which supports the work on devolution of the Yorkshire Council Leaders Board. He lives in Harrogate.
Scotland and Wales each have their devolution movements: should Yorkshire as England’s largest county follow?
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