ABSTRACT

Brexit is proving epochal in its impacts on Britain. Work exploring Brexit’s impact upon the structure, responsibilities and future plans of English local government is critical for anumber of reasons, from the sheer preponderance of legislation fundamentally altered in the context of the European Union Withdrawal Act of 2018, to changes in regional funding streams and alteration to the governance of local authorities. Based on the original research undertaken between 2015 and 2018 in South East England and the county of Kent, this article contributes to the body of research exploring Brexit’s impact on local government. To do so, it draws on acombination of stakeholder interviews, in-house analysis, regional Brexit impact assessment reports, evidence given in 2017 to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, and the Committee’s final report of April2019.

摘要

事实证明，英国脱欧对英国的影响具有划时代意义。探索英国退欧对英国地方政府结构、职责和未来计划的影响的工作至关重要，原因有很多，从在 2018 年欧盟退出法案的背景下根本改变的立法的绝对优势，到区域资金流的变化和改变地方当局的治理。基于 2015 年至 2018 年在英格兰东南部和肯特郡进行的原始研究，本文为探索英国退欧对地方政府影响的研究做出了贡献。为此，它结合了利益相关者访谈、内部分析、地区英国脱欧影响评估报告、2017 年提供给住房、社区和地方政府委员会的证据，