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Outgoing Chief Executive of Arts Council England, Alan Davey says devolution offers a great opportunity for arts and culture, but it needs to be seized now.

It is a generally accepted view among business leaders that cities and regions are drivers of economic growth more than nations and governments.

As Nigel Wilson, chief executive of Legal & General has observed: ‘The US doesn’t just have New York – San Francisco, LA, Boston and others are also premier league cities. In Germany, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Munich thrive alongside Berlin. We need the same in the UK.’

Beyond the big brand cities, a raft of challenger places have emerged over the last generation. Not just the classic case study cities such as Bilbao or Austin, but the likes of Oulu, Freiburg and Mannheim, all of which feature in the Creative Cities Index and make real the idea that creativity and innovation drive economic development... Keep reading on Arts Council England's Blog

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