The Future of Cohesion Policy in England: Local Government Responses to Brexit and the Future of Regional Funding

  • Christopher Huggins University of Aberdeen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-58-2018pp131-153
Keywords: Brexit, EU funding, local government, regional policy

Abstract

Brexit presents English local authorities with significant uncertainties. This is particularly the case with EU regional policy, which, in a context of political centralization and budgetary pressures, has become an important means for local authorities to undertake projects in their local areas. While local authorities were relatively quiet during the referendum campaign, there is now concern about the long-term future and availability of regional policy support. This article offers an initial survey of local authorities’ role during the campaign and their attempts to influence post-Brexit regional policy. It shows that local authorities’ attempts to engage in these debates, both before and after the referendum campaign, have been hampered by inherent centralization in the English political system.

Received: 11 January 2018
Accepted: 16 February 2018
Published online: 28 March 2018

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Author Biography

Christopher Huggins, University of Aberdeen
Dr Christopher Huggins is a Research Fellow at the University of Aberdeen and Teaching Fellow in European Politics at Keele University. His overall research interests cover the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the subnational levels. In particular, his research focuses on the role of subnational transnational networking in EU governance, the impact of Brexit on English local government and the impact of Brexit on the devolution of fisheries policy in the UK. His most recent publications include ‘Subnational transnational networking and the continuing process of local-level Europeanization’, published in European Urban and Regional Studies, and ‘Subnational government and transnational networking: the rationalist logic of local level Europeanization’ which is forthcoming in the Journal of Common Market Studies. See also: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/people/profiles/christopher.huggins.
Published
2018-03-28
How to Cite
Huggins, Christopher. 2018. “The Future of Cohesion Policy in England: Local Government Responses to Brexit and the Future of Regional Funding”. Deusto Journal of European Studies, no. 58 (March), 131-53. https://doi.org/10.18543/ced-58-2018pp131-153.
Issue
No. 58 (2018): Política de cohesión y fondos estructurales de la Unión Europea: retos y perspectivas para el período post-2020
Section
Monographic Articles

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