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Tag Archives: DevoManc
Designing a viable Greater Manchester?
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
Policies for the City Region: our full report, out now.
Today we publish our full report: Policies for the City Region. The timing couldn’t be better as now is the run up to the first election of a Greater Manchester mayor. In it we explore and promote policies and practices … Continue reading
STEADYSTATE Part Two: The Local and Regional Context
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
Posted in cities, degrowth, economics, introduction, Politics
Tagged devolution, DevoManc, energy, equality, fairness, media coverage, NowThen, viable economy
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Steady State Manchester and the People’s Plan for Greater Manchester
A meeting of SSM members was held on June 27th to consider the proposed process of developing the People’s Plan for Greater Manchester. David Fernández Arias gave an introduction to the rationale and purpose of the People’s Plan. In the … Continue reading
Open Letter endorsements
The Open Letter to Tony Lloyd has been endorsed by the following people to date (in addition to the many people who have verbally expressed their appreciation for it). Thank you, everyone. We will be adding a selection of people’s … Continue reading
The Open Veins of Greater Manchester
In Greater Manchester and the North (which we now have to call the Northern Powerhouse) new investment is coming. New transport minister, Patrick McLoughlin, has confirmed that HS2 (the Y shaped high speed railway with its foot in London and … Continue reading
Posted in economics, Greater Manchester City Region, transport
Tagged DevoManc, HS2, infrastructure, investment, Manchester City Council, Mark Burton, resilience, transport
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Is #DevoManc a missed opportunity?
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
