Extract from Commons motion to consider the Draft Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Combined Authority (Establishment and Functions) Order 2018 - Oct 22
Tuesday, 23 October 2018 07:28
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Jim McMahon (Oldham West and Royton) (Lab/Co-op) It strikes me that
since George Osborne walked away—or was moved to one side—the
Treasury has just not been committed to devolution. From a
Conservative point of view, it was originally a Treasury-led
expedition—perhaps for different reasons, but that is where it came
from. At the time, I was negotiating as one of the leaders on
the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. In those devolution
deals that were being struck, I witnessed a...Request free trial
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