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Britain is going to the polls, but what’s the point of metro mayors?

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02.05.2025

WOLVERHAMPTON, UNITED KINGDOM – MAY 13: (L-R) West Midlands mayor Richard Parker, Mayor of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Nik Johnson, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward, Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin, Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard, Deputy Leader Angela Rayner, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram, Labour leader Keir Starmer, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire David Skaith, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, Mayor of the North East Kim McGuinness, Mayor of Manchester Andy Burnham and Mayor of the West of England Dan Norris pose for a family photo during a meeting at the GTG training centre on May 13, 2024 in Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. The first meeting since local elections outlined the mayor’s strategies for enhancing regional growth goals in Labour’s devolution agenda. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Voters will elect four new regional mayors today, but until we give them proper powers over tax, devolution will remain a fig-leaf for deeper structural problems, says Jamila Robertson

Today, voters head to polling stations to elect four regional mayors (two of which are new roles for 2025, with six to come in 2026). This forms part of the government’s English Devolution Plan, which will grant extended powers to metro mayors, allowing them to “take back control” and end the “cap-in-hand approach to our........

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