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Home » Our Work » Futures for the Heads of the Valleys

Futures for the Heads of the Valleys

4th August 2008 (4th March 2020)

This book’s main recommendation is to establish a democratically elected Mayor for the Valleys to ensure that the Valleys’ problems are moved higher up the political agenda.

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