The fightback against London’s power starts here | Jonn Elledge

This week voters in six English regions are electing metro mayors. A high-profile local figurehead will help them take back controlThe left has always been a bit cynical about George Osborne’s promise to devolve power to English cities in the form of new “metro mayors”. At the Labour party’s annual conference in October 2015, shadow communities secretary Jon Trickett warned a roomful of council leaders not to get excited, because the whole thing was a sham. “The tru