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Devolution to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and transition to a directly elected mayor

These agreements will result in devolving new powers and responsibilities to Greater Manchester, and adopting a directly elected mayor.

• From: HM Treasury, The Rt Hon George Osborne and The Rt Hon Philip Hammond
• Published: 3 November 2014
• Last updated: 22 November 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Greater Manchester Autumn Budget 2017 update: further commitments between government and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and the directly elected mayor

PDF, 624 KB, 5 pages

Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 update: further devolution to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and directly-elected Mayor

PDF, 51.7 KB, 7 pages

Further devolution to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and directly-elected Mayor

PDF, 186 KB, 5 pages

Further devolution to Greater Manchester Combined Authority

PDF, 197 KB, 6 pages

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Greater Manchester Agreement: Devolution to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and transition to a directly elected mayor

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Details

The Chancellor of the Exchequer and leaders of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority signed a devolution agreement on 3 November 2014. The agreement will result in devolving new powers and responsibilities to Greater Manchester, and Greater Manchester adopting a directly elected Mayor for the city-region.

Read more about the announcement.

At Summer Budget, the government announced further progress in devolving powers to Greater Manchester.

This includes putting Fire Services under the control of the new directly-elected Mayor, establishing a Greater Manchester Land Commission, granting the Mayor more powers over planning, and inviting discussion of how central government and the city region might collaborate further on children’s services and employment programmes.

At Autumn Statement/Spending Review 2015, the government agreed a further package of devolution to Greater Manchester. This included giving the Greater Manchester Mayor the power to implement a Community Infrastructure Levy to support development and regeneration, and supporting Greater Manchester to develop and implement an integrated approach to preventative services for children and young people by April 2017.

At Budget 2016, a fourth devolution agreement was signed with Greater Manchester. This included working with Greater Manchester to devolve criminal justice powers, devolving control over the adult education budget, and supporting the establishment of a Life Chances Investment Fund.

At Autumn Budget 2017 the government and Greater Manchester agreed new commitments to further strengthen joint working and support devolution. This included working together to develop a local industrial strategy, explore future transport funding and develop a trade and investment plan. Greater Manchester also received £243 million from the Transforming Cities Fund for transport investment.

See our guides explaining the powers being transferred to English regions and new mayoral responsibilities:

Devolution and mayors: what does it mean?

Published 3 November 2014
Last updated 22 November 2017 + show all updates

1. 22 November 2017

   Greater Manchester Autumn Budget 2017 update published

2. 16 March 2016

   Added further devolution deal

3. 25 November 2015

   further devolution agreement as part of spending review and autumn statement

4. 8 July 2015

   Update at Summer Budget 2015

5. 3 November 2014

   First published.