Some form of regional government makes sense, but it's fairly clear that the regions should not be the current official ones (which are essentially statistical entities). Possibly it would make sense to dust off the Redcliffe-Maud report and then adjust accordingly.
Proposed 'Provinces' of England:
And the proposed local authorities that went with them:
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what are there name ? I guess northumberland, yorkshire, lancashire, east anglia, west midland, east midland and cornwall, but for the south-east ?
Why not essex ? Or something remembering old saxonies kingdoms ?
