Boris of the North – an elected mayor is Manchester’s best option for devolution
Despite rejecting the idea of a city mayor in 2012, Greater Manchester will receive its first elected mayor in 2017. To coordinate the creation of a ‘northern power house’, George Osborne and...
View ArticleMerging and devolution in Manchester, to be feared or welcomed?
Plans to give greater Manchester’s council control of £6 billion of their NHS budget were recently leaked prematurely by the Manchester Evening News and then broadcast nationally. Local politicians and...
View ArticleCloning London won’t create a ‘Northern Powerhouse’. Here’s what will
The Northern Powerhouse strategy could be a very positive legacy of this Conservative government, particularly for the Chancellor – if they can get it right. At its core is devolution of powers to...
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