Manchester ‘should lead devolution’, ResPublica report argues

15^th September 2014

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Manchester should be given income-tax raising powers and complete control of spending within five years, a centre-right think tank has said.

Northern cities ‘should lead devolution’ in the UK

15^th September 2014

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Manchester should be given income-tax raising powers and complete control of spending within five years as a blueprint for granting full devolution to English cities, a think tank said.

Manchester ‘should get everything Scotland gets’ in devolution deal

15^th September 2014

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Phillip Blond, a key adviser to David Cameron and the man behind his Big Society policy, says we must have control of all our £22.5bn public spending by the end of the decade.

U.K. Should Devolve More Fiscal Power to Cities, Report Says

15^th September 2014

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Mancunians draft in Scouser to devise independence for Manchester

15^th September 2014

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Plan for Manchester devolution ‘offers independence blueprint’

15^th September 2014

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MANCHESTER should be given income-tax raising powers and complete control of spending within five years as a blueprint for granting full devolution to English cities, a think tank has claimed.

Updated: Greater Manchester hints at mayoral model

15^th September 2014

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A radical plan to give Greater Manchester more control of its finances and income tax raising powers in return for adopting the elected mayor model is being put forward to the government.

ResPublica: give Manchester a devo-max deal

15^th September 2014

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Press Release: Devo Max – Devo Manc: Place-based public services

15^th September 2014

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A radical plan enabling Greater Manchester to set its own income tax in 5 years and elect its own independent Mayor is being proposed by Phillip Blond from the independent think tank ResPublica.

Devo-Manc? Northern Cities Eye Greater Powers

14^th September 2014

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English cities look north to the Scottish referendum campaign and seek to wrest more control over their finances from Westminster.