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The making of the Greater Manchester mayor – what next?

Francesca Gains By Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Urban Posted:

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 […]

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Who will lead the Manchester Powerhouse?

Iain Deas By Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Urban Posted:

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 […]

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A Grand Plan for the North needs to start with dreams

Ed Cox By Filed Under: Featured, Urban Posted:

With growing calls for the UK to reverse an historic trend of chronic under investment in infrastructure, IPPR North’s Ed Cox believes it’s time to seek out the best and the brightest big ideas. The UK has “chronically underinvested in infrastructure, trailing that of other leading global economies.” That was the damning verdict of the RSA’s City […]

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How can we make our towns and cities more age-friendly?

Tine BuffelSophie Handler By and Filed Under: Featured, Urban Posted:

As our population ages we need to be making much more effort to make our towns and cities more age-friendly, say Dr Tine Buffel and Sophie Handler. Study after study has shown that people want to stay in their own homes for as long as possible in later life. An attachment to a particular place […]

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