City Deal
City Deals are an initiative enacted by the UK government in 2012 to promote economic growth and infrastructure while ultimately shifting control of decisions away from the central government to local authorities. City Deals are generally set for ten year plans and have been enacted across several cities within the United Kingdom.
In 2016 the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act was enacted to give a firmer statutory footing for City Deals in England and Wales. The Act provided for a more open and transparent process for deals, including public consultation before implementation. The Act provided for devolution deals between the government and any local authority or group of contiguous local authorities. City Deals agreed in the first two waves of the process are listed below.[1]
In March 2017, the Australian Government announced it would begin modeling City Deals after UK models.[2][3][4][5]
'Wave 1' City Deals
- Greater Birmingham and Solihull
- Bristol and the West of England
- Greater Manchester
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- Nottingham
- Newcastle
- Sheffield
'Wave 2' City Deals
- Black Country
- Greater Brighton
- Greater Cambridge
- Coventry and Warwickshire
- Hull & Humber
- Greater Ipswich
- Leicester and Leicestershire
- Greater Norwich
- Oxford and Oxfordshire
- Plymouth and the South West Peninsula
- Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire
- Southampton and Portsmouth
- Southend-on-Sea
- Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire
- Sunderland and South Tyneside
- Swindon and Wiltshire
- Tees Valley
- Thames Valley Berkshire
References
- ^ "City Deals". UK Government Website. 5 July 2012. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ Edwards, Mark (December 8, 2017). "Minister hails City Deal during Belfast visit". Belfast Telegraph.
- ^ Milne, Roger. "Autumn Budget 2017: City deal progress including cross-border initiative in Scotland". The Planner.
- ^ Gates, Philip (November 21, 2017). "Aberdeen City Deal 'has been a huge success'". The Insider.
- ^ Sansom, Marie (March 31, 2017). "What the UK can teach Australia about City Deals". Government News.