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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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