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ECONOMIC GROWTH

Mayoral Development Corporation proposed for Stockport

By Martin Ford | 15 January 2019

Greater Manchester Combined Authority has put forward proposals to form a Mayoral Development Cor...

FINANCE

Greater Manchester warns Government over asylum contracts

By Martin Ford | 14 January 2019

Greater Manchester has vowed to ‘hold the Government to account’ over the number of asylum seeker...

REORGANISATION

Cabinet minister calls for rural devolution

By Martin Ford | 08 January 2019

Liz Truss has called for rural counties to get the same devolved powers as metro mayors.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Convention of the North to press minister for more devolved powers

By Martin Ford | 13 November 2018

Further devolved powers including over transport and skills training have been urged by a coaliti...

FINANCE

Mayors demand powers over £2.4bn Brexit fund

By Martin Ford | 23 October 2018

England's metro mayors have demanded control of £2.4bn pledged by the Government to replace EU fu...

COMBINED AUTHORITY

Government open to 'ground-up' London reorganisation

By Martin Ford | 23 October 2018

The Government is ready to discuss reform of local government in London, MPs have been told.

DEVOLUTION

Leaders in talks over East Anglia deal revival

By Hiba Mahamadi | 16 October 2018

Norfolk CC has been in talks with the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) o...

COMBINED AUTHORITY

'Preoccupation with cities threatens towns' growth' - report

By Martin Ford | 04 October 2018

Government ‘preoccupation’ with big cities is limiting the growth of smaller towns, a new report ...

WHITEHALL

Scrap all districts says Heseltine

By Michael Burton | 05 June 2018

District councils should be scrapped and 60 unitary counties created instead across England led b...

EDUCATION

Burnham in plea for further education devolution

By Martin Ford | 05 June 2018

The mayor of Greater Manchester has made a plea for skills training to be devolved after giving a...

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