The UK’s Eight Great City Regions
The ONS published an article on Friday shining a light on the eight largest city regions outside of London. These include West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Bristol, West Yorkshire, Nottingham, Sheffield, North East and Liverpool. A handful of these regions could, in the coming weeks, negotiate an increase in devolved powers from the capital. There has been an argument for many years that London should not hold all control over the rest of the countries local jurisdiction. This power trip draws the emphasis to London and has seen the capital consistently outperform the rest of the country’s major cities because London […]