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Could DevoManc create an economy for the common good?

By Mark Burton Filed Under: Devo, Featured Posted: July 6, 2015

Mark Burton tries to imagine how city-region devolution might help to produce a fairer and more sustainable society. The Greater Manchester devolution deal is firmly rooted in a highly orthodox economic and social model. Other deals, with regions hand-picked by the Treasury, are at various stages of gestation. There is every reason to think they […]

Tagged With: devolution, DevoManc, economy, GDP, globalisation, Greater Manchester, localisation, Manchester, Steady State Manchester, sustainability

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Booming Manchester

Diane Coyle By Diane Coyle Filed Under: Devo, Featured Posted: June 29, 2015

Manchester’s economy, and its population, is growing, But the decision to ‘pause’ the electrification of the Manchester-Leeds rail line underlines the reality that important decisions are still controlled nationally, explains Professor Diane Coyle. One of the most telling signs of a successful economy is when people vote with their feet and move there. As the […]

Tagged With: DevoManc, Greater Manchester, Leeds, Manchester, Manchester Independent Economic Review, OECD, Sir Richard Leese, Tony Lloyd, TransPennine Express

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The good ship SS DevoManc: full steam ahead?

By Lawrence Benson Filed Under: All posts, Devo Posted: May 21, 2015

SS DevoManc has now set sail after a six weeks stopover in port during the general election. Dr Lawrence Benson tries to plot its course. Let’s recap on DevoManc. It’s about the devolution of power and resources from Westminster to the city region of Greater Manchester (GM), including for health and social care. This marks […]

Tagged With: devolution, DevoManc, European Health Observatory, Finland, general election, George Osborne, Greater Manchester, Manchester, NHS, northern ireland, Northern Powerhouse, Nye Bevan, social care, Sweden, World Health Organisation

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The Irish in Britain

By Liam Harte Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: May 12, 2015

 Liam Harte explains how his research into the Irish in Britain became the basis for a new play, which has just opened. The Irish Government published in March the country’s first official policy on diaspora issues. Global Irish: Ireland’s Diaspora Policy runs to 57 pages and is informed by over 130 submissions provided by organisations […]

Tagged With: Aisling Return to Ireland Project, Global Irish: Ireland's Diaspora Policy, Ireland, Irish, Irish diaspora, London Irish Centre, Manchester, Martin Lynch, My English Tongue: My Irish Heart, Safe Home Programme, The Literature of the Irish in Britain

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Transport can be the driver for the Northern Powerhouse

By Graham Winch Filed Under: Devo, Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: April 24, 2015

The outgoing coalition government launched the Northern Transport Strategy just days before the start of the General Election campaign – surely no coincidence. Professor Graham Winch looks beyond the short-term politics to explain why the outlined investment is worth it. The just published Northern Transport Strategy aims to use better transport links in Northern England […]

Tagged With: Atlantic Gateway, general election, HS2, Hull, infrastructure, Liverpool, Manchester, Manchester International Airport, Mersey Gateway Bridge, New-Panamax, Northern Hub, Northern Powerhouse, Northern Transport Strategy, Panama Canal, Peel Group, Pennines, Randstad, Rhein-Ruhrgebiet, Sheffield, transport

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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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Can the Northern Powerhouse ignore the digital economy?

Anita Greenhill By Anita Greenhill Filed Under: All posts, Featured, Science and Technology, Urban, Whitehall Watch Posted: February 27, 2015

The Government’s proposed Northern Powerhouse is all well and good, but, asks Anita Greenhill, where does the digital economy fit in this? The concept of a Northern Powerhouse and establishing an alternative to the dominant ‘London Powerhouse’ has strong Government support. It also has cross-party backing, with both the Conservative and Labour parties proposing their […]

Tagged With: broadband, BT, Conservative Party, CorridorManchester, East Manchester, fibre optics, general election, knowledge economy, Labour Party, Manchester, Manchester Enterprise Zone, Nisp Connect, Northern Powerhouse, South Korea, TechCity, TechNations

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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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