The only combined authority in the country has launched a review of how it and other Greater Manchester-wide bodies are governed, and their relationships.
Council leaders who make up the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s (GMCA) executive have asked its wider leadership team to conduct the root and branch review.
The leaders are hoping to develop a new deal between the GMCA, 10 Greater Manchester councils and other partners, with agreed procedures on what they can do for each other.
GMCA chair Lord Peter Smith said: ‘We’ve made considerable progress since the GMCA was established but the next phase of our growth involves big ticket proposals, which can only be delivered at scale.
‘This involves delivering major transformational growth projects, which will create jobs and boost our economy, and changing public services so that they improve people’s lives at the same time as reducing dependency on the state.
‘We also face radically different circumstances to three years ago and need to make sure that the GMCA and the other Greater Manchester-wide bodies it works with are structured so that they are fit for purpose and help us deliver our ambitious goals.’
