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

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