English devolution and migration: A role for strategic authorities (opens in new tab)

They hold, or are acquiring, responsibilities across skills, employment support, housing, public service reform, public safety, transport and economic development. But migration and asylum policy remain highly centralised, with key decisions still largely made in Whitehall and by the Home Office – creating a persistent disconnect between where decisions are made and where their impacts are managed. This report asks what role strategic authorities are already playing in relation to migration a...