Let's forget all the rubbish in the twittersphere that is being regurgitated about an obscure actress who thinks that Manchester is grim and instead debate more important matters.
Like for example the case for having a Manchester Mayor.There are many pros and cons as the city prepares to vote in May but interestingly this morning's Times comes out in favour of the proposal.
A decade and a half after Manchester’s revival after a bomb attack by the IRA says the piece, the question is whether the city’s great tradition of commerce can spread out beyond the city borders and trigger an economic recovery in the surrounding region.
"For all the many shiny new buildings and expensive restaurants that have greatly improved central Manchester, there are large parts of the city that have yet to feel any great benefit. Manchester is home to 86,000 people without work, and parts of the city do not look and feel as if they are neighbours to prosperity."
And the paper argues
that a big figure governing Manchester, tackling the problems of skills and transport, could yet find him or herself immortalised in stone alongside the heroes of a previous era.
I have to agree with the sentiment,I know that Manchester's political leaders don't and have their own agenda's but I think it will be a great way of engaging the people of Manchester in the political process
Showing posts with label manchester mayor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label manchester mayor. Show all posts
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Super Thursday for Manchester's Mayor elections
Elections for Manchester's Mayor and elected police commissioner will take place in November.
Local government minister Greg Clarke will make the announcement later today in a speech in Birmingham when he will announce that the 15th November will see elections take place across 40 cities.
Manchester votes on the 3rd May in a referendum to decide whether it wants an elected Mayor.Local politicians are against the move believing that an individual Mayor for the city doesn't make sense when the political decisions are made at a Greater Manchester level.
In a speech later,Clarke will say that elected mayors provide cities with the strong, visible leadership that can help them prosper nationally and internationally.
"This is an opportunity for each city to transform itself for the better. The world's great cities have mayors who lead for their city on the national and international stage, attracting investment and jobs. We believe that mayors can help English cities achieve their full potential too.
Local government minister Greg Clarke will make the announcement later today in a speech in Birmingham when he will announce that the 15th November will see elections take place across 40 cities.
Manchester votes on the 3rd May in a referendum to decide whether it wants an elected Mayor.Local politicians are against the move believing that an individual Mayor for the city doesn't make sense when the political decisions are made at a Greater Manchester level.
In a speech later,Clarke will say that elected mayors provide cities with the strong, visible leadership that can help them prosper nationally and internationally.
"This is an opportunity for each city to transform itself for the better. The world's great cities have mayors who lead for their city on the national and international stage, attracting investment and jobs. We believe that mayors can help English cities achieve their full potential too.
Friday, 18 November 2011
Hezza's rallying cry for a Manchester Mayor
With a rallying call for localism,wartime spirit, and a Manchester Mayor, the governments regional Czar Lord Heseltine descended on Manchester yesterday afternoon.
He was here at the launch of the Business Growth Hub for Manchester along with Mike Blackburn (Chair of the Greater Manchester LEP) and Richard Guy from the Hub but it was Heseltine who captivated the crowded room of 400 businessmen at the Etihad stadium with his rallying call for wartime spirit.
The former Deputy Prime Minister firmly believes in the city having an elected mayor,
But also pointed the finger at a London centric outlook and bureaucracy that the country has.
Everybody knows he said who speaks for London in the guise of Boris Johnson and who speaks for Scotland,Alex Salmon said Lord Heseltine,"Manchester must take its place in that league"
"Dynamically led,properly incentivize,and significantly freed from the monopolistic functionalism of Whitehall,it is incalculable what the reborn powerhouses of our cities could contribute to our recovery."
He went on to identify ten key ideas that could help to lead to increased and hopefully more productive action including school improvement, leveraging budgets to link to private sector investment, the spirit of competition and deregulation.
Lord Heseltine added that we need to re balance our economy from London to provincial England. We are all in this together and Government needs to put its own house in order as it exhorts others to do the same.…I believe that we need a rebirth of provincial power, characteristic of the centuries when our cities first came to prominence.”
The Manchester business Hub is dedicated to making it easier for ambitious businesses to grow.
With the huge cuts in public sector business funds and following the closure of the NWDA and Business Link regional support services, the Hub will bring together new and existing business support services that are focused on supporting and developing growth companies.
Mike Blackburn,head of Manchester's local enterprise partnership described the launch as private and public sectors in Manchester joining forces to support businesses.
"As we strive to stabilise our economy and then grow again, giving support to businesses is a crucial component in that plan. I'm delighted therefore that the LEP has given it's full backing to this initiative and look forward to seeing successful growth in the coming years.”
More information about Manchester's business hub can be found at http://www.businessgrowthhub.com/ or by calling 0161 359 3050 email info@businessgrowthhub.com or on Twitter @bizgrowthhub
He was here at the launch of the Business Growth Hub for Manchester along with Mike Blackburn (Chair of the Greater Manchester LEP) and Richard Guy from the Hub but it was Heseltine who captivated the crowded room of 400 businessmen at the Etihad stadium with his rallying call for wartime spirit.
The former Deputy Prime Minister firmly believes in the city having an elected mayor,
But also pointed the finger at a London centric outlook and bureaucracy that the country has.
Everybody knows he said who speaks for London in the guise of Boris Johnson and who speaks for Scotland,Alex Salmon said Lord Heseltine,"Manchester must take its place in that league"
"Dynamically led,properly incentivize,and significantly freed from the monopolistic functionalism of Whitehall,it is incalculable what the reborn powerhouses of our cities could contribute to our recovery."
He went on to identify ten key ideas that could help to lead to increased and hopefully more productive action including school improvement, leveraging budgets to link to private sector investment, the spirit of competition and deregulation.
Lord Heseltine added that we need to re balance our economy from London to provincial England. We are all in this together and Government needs to put its own house in order as it exhorts others to do the same.…I believe that we need a rebirth of provincial power, characteristic of the centuries when our cities first came to prominence.”
The Manchester business Hub is dedicated to making it easier for ambitious businesses to grow.
With the huge cuts in public sector business funds and following the closure of the NWDA and Business Link regional support services, the Hub will bring together new and existing business support services that are focused on supporting and developing growth companies.
Mike Blackburn,head of Manchester's local enterprise partnership described the launch as private and public sectors in Manchester joining forces to support businesses.
"As we strive to stabilise our economy and then grow again, giving support to businesses is a crucial component in that plan. I'm delighted therefore that the LEP has given it's full backing to this initiative and look forward to seeing successful growth in the coming years.”
More information about Manchester's business hub can be found at http://www.businessgrowthhub.com/ or by calling 0161 359 3050 email info@businessgrowthhub.com or on Twitter @bizgrowthhub
Wednesday, 2 November 2011
Government steps up the process for an elected Manchester Mayor
Mancunians are to be asked their views on whether they should have an elected mayor.
Manchester,along with 11 other English cities is to be asked to contribute its views on what powers it would like an elected mayor to be able to exercise on its behalf.
The move follows the Coalition Agreement which set out the Government's commitment to create directly elected mayors in the 12 largest English cities outside London, subject to confirmatory referendums and full scrutiny by elected councillors.
Leicester has recently elected a Mayor. The Government is now planning for referendums to take place in 11 other cities - Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield - in May 2012.
Where people vote in favour, the city will move to an elected mayor.
Rather than imposing a standard set of powers says cities Minister Greg Clark, the Government is launching a consultation to give local people a say over what they would want a mayor to be able to do on their behalf.
The consultation invites people who live and work in the 12 cities to contribute their views on the proposed approach for giving powers to city mayors, the powers that should be transferred, and on how mayors can best be subject to local scrutiny.
Mr Clark said:
"English cities aren't just home to millions of people; they are cultural powerhouses and economic dynamos. Cities will play a crucial role in driving and sustaining our economic recovery, and I will do everything in my power to help them thrive.
Manchester,along with 11 other English cities is to be asked to contribute its views on what powers it would like an elected mayor to be able to exercise on its behalf.
The move follows the Coalition Agreement which set out the Government's commitment to create directly elected mayors in the 12 largest English cities outside London, subject to confirmatory referendums and full scrutiny by elected councillors.
Leicester has recently elected a Mayor. The Government is now planning for referendums to take place in 11 other cities - Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Coventry, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wakefield - in May 2012.
Where people vote in favour, the city will move to an elected mayor.
Rather than imposing a standard set of powers says cities Minister Greg Clark, the Government is launching a consultation to give local people a say over what they would want a mayor to be able to do on their behalf.
The consultation invites people who live and work in the 12 cities to contribute their views on the proposed approach for giving powers to city mayors, the powers that should be transferred, and on how mayors can best be subject to local scrutiny.
Mr Clark said:
"English cities aren't just home to millions of people; they are cultural powerhouses and economic dynamos. Cities will play a crucial role in driving and sustaining our economic recovery, and I will do everything in my power to help them thrive.
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