Sentences with phrase «manchester city region»
The Chancellor recently announced that in order to help make his «Northern Powerhouse» idea reality that the Greater Manchester City Region would see itself gain an elected, «London - style» Mayor, despite residents of Manchester City Council narrowly rejecting proposals for an Directly Elected Mayor for their local authority in 2011.
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Speaking to Business Insider on Tuesday, the Metro Mayor for the Liverpool City Region said there will be a strong case for cities like Liverpool and Manchester to opt out from aspects of a hard Brexit if Northern Ireland is allowed to mirror EU trade and customs arrangements after exit day in March, 2019.
Both Rotheram and Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham have called on northern city regions to be given more say in Brexit negotiations between Britain and the EU.
Tottenham Hotspur may accept bids in the region of # 14m to sell key defender Danny Rose to Chelsea, Manchester City or Atletico Madrid this summer, according to reports.
The Ivorian's good form earned him a big - money move to Manchester City, for a fee, as reported by Calciomercato, in the region of # 30 million.
The England international, who joined Manchester City for a fee believed to be in the region of # 49million earlier in the summer, has scored just once since his move and spurned a number of golden opportunities against Serie A giants Juventus in their Champions League opener on Tuesday night.
Manchester City look all set to announce the signing of holding midfielder Bruno Zuculini from Argentinian club Racing Club, with the Mail suggesting that the fee could be in the region of # 3m.
This could mean Lazio will accept offers in the region of # 15m for his signature this January, and Keita will no doubt have plenty of suitors if he is available for this relatively low price, with Arsenal and Liverpool mentioned as his main admirers from England, as well as Premier League champions Manchester City.
Rumours of a fee in the region of # 15million being demanded by Cagliari to let go of their star defender, Manchester City look to continue their free spending this summer as they continue their search for defensive reinforcements.
He left City for Chelsea in 2005 in a # 21m deal, but returned to Manchester three years later, with the fee believed to be in the region of # 8.5 m.
Manchester City had agreed a fee with the Gunners on deadline day, believed to be in the region of # 60 - 70 Million, only for Arsenal to fail to persuade replacement Thomas Lemar to come in his place.
They understand that an agreement between representatives of Manchester City and Gündogan is in place and all that remains is for the two clubs to agree a fee, believed to be in the region of $ 25 - 30m, which is currently around # 19.9 - 23.9 m. Although nothing official has been announced, the...
It has been reported the deal for the central midfielder could cost in the region of # 40million as Chelsea manager Antonio Conte looks to further strengthen the Premier League champions following the arrivals of centre - back Antonio Rudiger from Roma and veteran goalkeeper Willy Caballero, on a free transfer, from Manchester City.
Manchester City have confirmed the signing of Spanish forward Alvaro Negredo from Sevilla for a fee believed to be in the region of # 20m.
Firstly Arsenal moved quickly to secure the services of Borussia Monchengladbach's Granit Xhaka for a fee in the region of # 30 million, before Manchester City followed suit with the signing of Borussia Dortmund's Ilkay Gundogan for a reported # 20 million.
Bolton Wanderers, Bury, Manchester City, Manchester United, Oldham Athletic, Rochdale and Wigan Athletic would combine too, with all these sides forming richly funded teams with huge fanbases, bringing in fresh talent for more money and giving more fans a chance to win with their local team, meaning there is no longer a drain from the less popular regions of fans switching to Chelsea or Manchester City or whomever.
The unit of analysis is the city - region, in which a complex networked dimension could account for different currently established socio - territorial structures, such as small nations (the Basque Country, Scotland and Catalonia), metropolitan cities (Dublin, Portland, Liverpool and Manchester), cross-border regions (Oresund) and small states (Iceland).
In 2017 elections were held for Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City Region, the, Tees Valley, West of England and the West Midlands as part of the devolution deals allowed by the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016.
The report concluded that only two city regions in England (Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire) are ready, at this stage, for further devolution.
This has echoes of previous initiatives when Manchester and Leeds were given the special status of «city regions», but which probably reflects how the two metropolitan areas have been perceived and trusted by government to deliver growth and investment.
Chris Grayling has also committed funding to develop business cases for six transport schemes: the Sheffield city region innovation corridor, Melton Mowbray eastern distributor road, a New Tees Crossing, dualling of the A500 in Cheshire, the South Coventry Link Road and an extension to Manchester's Metrolink towards terminal two at the city's airport.
Today Corbyn's ally Steve Rotheram became the Labour candidate for the Liverpool City Region's mayoral race, following yesterday's announcements of Andy Burnham in Greater Manchester and Siôn Simon in the West Midlands.
The Manchester Evening News headlines the current bookies» odds on who will be the city region's first elected mayor.
Such evidence indicates that the problem is historically deep - seated, which means that it is highly unlikely that devolution in its present form will give the city region of Manchester the financial resources, administrative capability and policy imagination to manage these genuinely structural problems.
Labour MP Luciana Berger came third in the race to secure the Labour nomination for the Liverpool City region mayoralty behind Joe Anderson, while no women were on the shortlist for the Greater Manchester contest.
On 3 November, Greater Manchester's 10 metropolitan councils and the government reached a «trailblazing agreement» to devolve powers to a combined city region authority, shortly to be headed by an elected mayor.
It is thinking like this that has made Greater Manchester George Osborne's pet city region, and one of the main reasons why it is expected to be given significant devolved powers by the chancellor later this week.
Turnout was low - just 26.1 % of voters cast a ballot to choose the first Liverpool City Region metro mayor, while 28.93 % turned out for the contest in Greater Manchester.
For the first time voters in Greater Manchester, the Liverpool City region, the West Midlands, Tees Valley, the West of England and Cambridge and Peterborough will elect a new Metro Mayor.
When George Osborne announced in November 2014 that Greater Manchester was to get its own directly elected «metro mayor», he lauded the potential for dynamic civic leadership to develop the city - region's economy and transport infrastructure.
The mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region are calling for a special convention to boost the northern economy:
As the vanguard city - region underpinning the wider Northern Powerhouse vision of the Cameron governments, the Greater Manchester mayoral elections were a critical litmus test offering insights into the possibility that metro mayors outside London could stimulate local democracy.
Turnout at last year's metro mayor elections in neighbouring city regions (Greater Manchester, 28.6 %; Liverpool City Region, 25.9 %; Tees Valley, 21 %) was far from stellar — and a turnout considerably lower than that could hamper the already fragile mandate of new SCRCA macity regions (Greater Manchester, 28.6 %; Liverpool City Region, 25.9 %; Tees Valley, 21 %) was far from stellar — and a turnout considerably lower than that could hamper the already fragile mandate of new SCRCA maCity Region, 25.9 %; Tees Valley, 21 %) was far from stellar — and a turnout considerably lower than that could hamper the already fragile mandate of new SCRCA mayor.
In the wake of chancellor George Osborne's announcement this week of a ground - breaking set of devolved powers for Greater Manchester, LGC interviewed political leaders at half of the 10 councils that make up the city region's combined authority about the negotiations leading up to the deal and its implications for local government.
Along with Greater Manchester, the West Midlands, the Liverpool city region, the west of England, including Bristol, Tees Valley, and Peterborough and Cambridgeshire are also voting.
The post of the Sheffield city region mayor has been mired in controversy because, unlike similar roles in Manchester and the West Midlands, no devolution and funding deal has yet been agreed to go with the appointment.
Reflecting the policy pledges contained within the Conservative manifesto, for the purposes of this analysis the Northern Powerhouse is made up of the city regions of Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Hull and the North East.
Andy Burnham has been prominent in representing Greater Manchester on the national stage, and has already driven change on a wide range of issues in the city region
But for the Government to succeed in raising prosperity across the North, it should return to the original focus of the initiative — boosting the economic performance of major Northern city - regions such as Greater Manchester and the Leeds city - region.
MPs Andy Burnham and Steve Rotherhm were selected in Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region, while Sion Simons has been selected as the candidate in Birmingham.
Two large conurbations, centered on the cities of Liverpool and Manchester, occupy the south of the region and are its largest centers of population.
However this can only work if costs are covered outside the school — Policy Exchange propose that city regions like that being established in Manchester are the way forward.
Welcome to the official tourism site of Greater Manchester where you can search for things to do and find out what's on, as well as getting inspiration for your visit to this fantastic city region.
The North West region of England includes Manchester, Liverpool and Lancaster, meaning there are plenty of opportunities for living and working in a bustling city - if that's your aim.
About... As the largest city in the three states of New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, Manchester forms the economic hub of the northern New England region.