Devolution to the region will deliver massive benefits to health and social care – including the diagnosis and treatment of dementia – according to a senior Manchester health official.

A Green Party representative has called Manchester’s devolution deal a surprise to most Mancunians.

A leading Ukip politician has slammed plans announced earlier this week to give extra powers to Greater Manchester.

As Manchester gets used to the idea of being earmarked as the centre of a ‘Northern Powerhouse’, Chancellor George Osborne has been busy outlining his vision for a metropolitan reform.

Greater Manchester is set to have a directly elected mayor who will preside over regional issues, George Osborne has announced.

In a joint letter, published in yesterday’s Guardian, the council leaders of all ten Greater Manchester boroughs have called for greater autonomy.