Governor Ron DeSantis, seeking to gain an upper hand in his battle with The Walt Disney Co., on Monday ordered an investigation into the company’s move to retain extensive control over its sprawling Florida theme park property.
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Andy Burnham will have full control over local funding, the government has announced. The Greater Manchester mayor would be given a single budget rather than having to bid for separate pots of cash, the Chancellor said.
Delivering his budget speech, Jeremy Hunt said that this would give Mr Burnham's more financial freedom. The new funding proposals for Greater Manchester and the West Midlands could also soon be rolled out elsewhere.
The move means that the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) would be treated more like a government department. It gives the mayor more power to move money around and spend it according to his own priorities.
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It comes after months of negotiations over a new devolution deal for the two city-regions which were selected by the government as 'trailblazer' areas. Local leaders have asked for more control over skills and education budgets, railway services and stations and new powers to punish rogue landlords.
Greater Manchester has also asked for a new funding model similar to that of a government department with long-term commitments and more flexibility. In his budget speech today (March 15), Mr Hunt said: "I will boost mayors' financial autonomy by agreeing multi-year financial single settlements for the West Midlands and the Greater Manchester combined authorities in the next spending review, something I intend to roll out for all mayoral areas over time."
Mr Hunt also said that Greater Mancehster will continue to keep the business rates councils collect, saying that he has agreed to a 'long-term commitment'. He also said the government will consult on transferring more responsibilities
Governor Ron DeSantis, seeking to gain an upper hand in his battle with The Walt Disney Co., on Monday ordered an investigation into the company’s move to retain extensive control over its sprawling Florida theme park property.
Brian Cox joked he's too busy to cry over the end of Succession like some of his co-stars.
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Concern is growing for a 17-year-old girl who is missing from her village home. Charlie Thomas has disappeared from Newhall, Cheshire.
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Allowing bicycles on board Metrolink trams would 'cause major problems', a committee of councillors was told as transport bosses revealed plans to use a quiet siding as an off-network testing site for a 'soft trial'.
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‘Breaking America’, they say, is an indication that you’ve made it.
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Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, and Gillian Gilbert of New Order spoke today (March 15) at this year’s SXSW and discussed becoming musicians, the evolution of their sound and growing up in Manchester.The trio were keynote speakers at the annual tech and marketing festival, in conversation with Will Hodgkinson, rock and pop critic of The Times. Andy Burnham, Mayor of Manchester, introduced the keynote, calling New Order “the ultimate Manchester band” before adding that it was “a big statement”.The band kicked off their chat by discussing how they weren’t necessarily “anti-musicians” but they were “anti-success”, with Sumner pointing to growing up working class before “punk came along” giving him the chance to express himself, without being a virtuoso. “I didn’t want to be famous, I didn’t care about that at all.
A pilot scheme allowing bicycles on board Metrolink trams across Greater Manchester is now being drawn up, it's been revealed. The city region's new active travel commissioner, former Paralympian Dame Sarah Storey, has revealed she's working with transport bosses and the mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, to devise a trial.
Thousands of Shell Energy customers will receive an extra £150 payment from Wednesday (March 15).
Brits all across the country will be able to get a hefty amount of time off if they take advantage of bank holidays in May and April.
Greater Manchester is to be named as one of 12 Investment Zones by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt during the Budget later today.
An enormous 90-tonne bridge was successfully lifted into place in Stockport over the weekend — connecting the town’s train station to its soon-to-be-built transport interchange.