Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester has signed a formal Accord with the 16,000 voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in Greater Manchester, fulfilling a commitment...
Devolution
Devolution is the transfer of certain powers and responsibilities from national government to a particular region. The 2014 Devolution Agreement gave Greater Manchester additional powers, and new accountability through an elected Mayor. The Mayor will lead the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and will be elected in a ballot of all Greater Manchester voters on 4th May 2017.
Greater Manchester built upon the Devolution Agreement with further devolution in the Summer Budget 2015 along with additional powers in the November 2015 Spending Review and Autumn Statement. Detailed documents are available at Devolution to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and transition to a directly elected Mayor.
There was further development in the Budget of March 2016 through a fourth devolution agreement.
In summary, the Devolution Agreements currently provide for devolved powers over:
| THE ECONOMY | INFRASTRUCTURE | PUBLIC SERVICES |
| economic growth | regeneration | life chances |
| business | planning | criminal justice |
| business rates | housing | fire and rescue |
| skills and work | health and social care | |
| transport |
Devolution News and Updates
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8 Nov 2017
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Core Cities UK have produced an updated version of a Green Paper that details their vision for a stronger, fairer Britain.
The paper contains policy ideas that cover everything from...
25 Sep 2017 -
On 4th May 2017 Greater Manchester will elect it's very first mayor.
Two of the candidates, Sean Anstee (Con) and Andy Burnham (Lab) have committed to our manifesto for a new relationship...
18 Apr 2017 -
On 7th March 2017, six of the Greater Manchester mayoral candidates and a full house of VCSE people from across the city region assembled for a hustings specifically about the future relationship...
14 Mar 2017 -
The theme of our 2016 AGM, Members and Friends’ Meeting held in November was ‘Vision for Devolution’, where we had opportunity to talk about what Devolution could mean for...
21 Dec 2016
Upcoming Devolution related events
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