EDITORIAL: \r\n1. Structural reform in England: Emerging configurations of governance and leadership in the new ‘local’ (Tim Simkins, Philip Woods)\r\nARTICLES:\r\n1. Understanding the local: Themes and Issues in the Experience of Structural Reform in England (Philip Woods, Tim Simkins)\r\n2. Local responses to national policy: The contrasting experiences of two Midlands cities to the Acade…