Tag Archives: devolution

Designing a viable Greater Manchester?

Posted on 30 April, 2017 by

Is now the time to grasp opportunities and make the best of them? The highly successful film  Demain  which a packed audience saw in Manchester on  Wednesday night  suggests just that. The showing was organised by the Kindling Trust and … Continue reading →

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STEADYSTATE Part Two: The Local and Regional Context

Posted on 18 October, 2016 by

This is the second part of our interview piece  in Manchester’s Now Then magazine. Click HERE to read the interview.  Thanks to Ian Pennington at Now Then for inviting us and publishing our thoughts.  The first part, on the wider … Continue reading →

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Is #DevoManc a missed opportunity?

Posted on 19 February, 2015 by

  What’s happening? Greater Manchester is to get an unprecedented devolution of power from Whitehall. These devolved powers from London cover a variety of strategic areas: a new housing investment fund of up to £300m, with the aim of building … Continue reading →

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Of Devolution, Power and Inequalities – a report from Manchester Policy Week

Posted on 10 November, 2014 by

On Monday 2nd November I attended the first day of the University of Manchester’s Policy Week. The “big event” was Michael Heseltine’s keynote “The Forgotten People”. At least he was honest about his approach to devolution: there must be a … Continue reading →

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