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The new Conservative-LibDem coalition government has announced its intentions to abolish the existing RDAs as part of cost-saving plans outlined in the June 2010 emergency UK Budget. The new administration will encourage the formation of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) to carry out some of the functions currently carried out by RDAs. In Greater London, these responsibilities may be assumed by the Mayor of London.[7] This can be understood in the wider context of the coalition government dismantling elements of regional government including reducing support for the government offices and ceasing funding the Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnerships (RIEPs).

The Department for Regional Development currently has no on-going consultations