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Northern trains have been cancelled this week, due to industrial action. All Northern Rail and TransPennine Express services were cancelled

According to Lisa Nandy MP, devolution has two key problems in its current phase, i.e. it is male-dominated and pits city regions against each other.

From arguments between the local politicians and the central government to infighting within the Labour Party, Manchester’s devolution is plagued with political rifts regarding its direction.

Devolution deals have funded projects such as Bee Network and brownfield re-development, but some areas remain overlooked.

Andy Burnham and the Secretary of State for levelling-up have taken the reigns of planning devolution since George Osborne left his position as Chancellor of the Exchequer

The reason why Manchester and its surrounding combined authority had been selected as the first city for devolution deals has a lot to do with its history.

Last year’s budget included ‘trailblazer deals’ on devolution between the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the UK treasury.

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Devolution deals between Greater Manchester and the government have had several different faces but there seems to be a lack of uniform vision.

Manchester Partnership Board set up pop-up vaccine centres across the city to administer Covid and Flu vaccines.