Akash Paun
Programme Director, Institute for Governmentis Director for Devolution and Local Government at the Institute for Government (IfG) in London. He oversees a programme of work on the state of devolution and local government in all parts of the United Kingdom, with a particular focus on the powers, performance and policy choices of mayoral strategic authorities in England. Akash has previously worked at the UCL Constitution Unit, the British Academy, the London School of Economics, and as an expert adviser to the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales.
My Speaker Sessions
Thursday 15 April 2027
The Impact of Local Government Reorganisation on LATCos
A panel session on the practical realities of what the government’s devolution and LGR agenda means for LATCo contracts and governance. Although LGR has been delayed pending the outcome of the review, the process of joint working is well developed and cannot be undone. Timed around the vesting of new shadow authorities in Surrey this is one of the most immediately relevant sessions on the day
