The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Cities Minister Greg Clark today announced a second wave of city deals, extending the opportunity beyond Core Cities to gain radical new powers to boost local growth. Twenty cities have been invited to work with their city region to compete for deals that would see Government devolve powers in exchange for responsibility for delivering growth locally.
This follows the first wave which saw bespoke deals struck with the eight Core Cities. These trailblazing deals secured groundbreaking powers for the Core Cities including the ability to ‘earn back’ tax from the Treasury, devolved transport budgets and control of the skills budget for their city.
You can read the departmental press release here, and the Deputy Prime Minister's speech here.