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Co-operation v competition

Iain Deas By Iain Deas Filed Under: All posts, Devo, Urban Posted: March 5, 2015

Northern England’s great cities are used to competing. So, asks Iain Deas, is it realistic to expect them to work together for the collective good? George Osborne’s continuing endorsement of a ‘Northern Powerhouse’ raises important questions about future local economic development strategy. The idea underpinning the powerhouse proposal is that some of England’s principal Northern […]

Tagged With: Atlantic Gateway, Crossrail, George Osborne, Hebden Bridge, HS3, Leeds, London, M62, Manchester, NETA, North European Trax Axis, North West, Northern Powerhouse, Northern Way, TransPennine

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Why devolution is good for the economy

Diane Coyle By Diane Coyle Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: March 2, 2015

The case for the devolution of power away from London has centred on the political arguments. Professor Diane Coyle looks at the economic reasons. The context for the devolutionary tide in politics – to the nations and within England to the north and especially Greater Manchester – is that the United Kingdom has long been […]

Tagged With: Bristol, broadband, devolution, DevoManc, Edinburgh, france, infrastructure, London, Manchester, Manchester Independent Economic Review, Paris, skills, transport

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A Mayor for All Seasons?

Colin Talbot By Colin Talbot Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: February 27, 2015

From June, Greater Manchester will get an interim mayor as part of a deal with the Government on regional devolution. But its imposition without a referendum is a fundamental error by the political elite that may well backfire, argues Professor Colin Talbot. ‘Mayors’ seem to have become the default answer of many in the political […]

Tagged With: AGMA, decentralisation, devolution, devolved, DevoManc, government, Howard Bernstein, MancDevo, Manchester, mayors, osborne, Richard Leese

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The making of the Greater Manchester mayor – what next?

Francesca Gains By Francesca Gains Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Urban Posted: February 26, 2015

Opposition to a mayoral model for Manchester overlooks a decade of innovation and collaboration that has delivered economic and social benefits for the region, says Prof Francesca Gains. Much has been made of backroom deals between the Chancellor George Osborne and Manchester City Council’s chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein to deliver the most significant devolutionary […]

Tagged With: AGMA, Bernstein, budgets, decentralisation, Devo, devolution, DevoManc, Leese, Manchester, Mayor, osborne

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Who will lead the Manchester Powerhouse?

Iain Deas By Iain Deas Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Urban Posted: February 23, 2015

How significant will the elected mayoral role be for Greater Manchester – asks Iain Deas – and who will be that mayor? Simon Jenkins recently treated readers of the Guardian to an account of the rebuilding of city-regional governance in Greater Manchester. The story was of heroic struggle by Manchester’s civic leaders, guided by the […]

Tagged With: Bez, city-regions, DevoManc, elected mayors, George Osborne, GMCA, Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Happy Mondays, Manchester, Simon Jenkins

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