To commission research and analysis work to inform the Council‘s response to the devolution agenda, specifically:

·         Additional policy development support to assist the Council in responding to the implications of the Government’s Devolution White Paper.

·         Technical support and financial analysis to respond to options analysis commissioned by Cherwell District Council and Oxfordshire County Council

·         Research and resulting report on a strategic case for place-led growth and renewal around Oxford.

To be funded from existing budgets.