Policy paper

City Deal: Greater Manchester

The City Deal for Greater Manchester is part of the first wave of City Deals to get the go-ahead from government.

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

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The Greater Manchester City Deal includes plans to:

  • create a revolving Infrastructure Fund by allowing Greater Manchester to 鈥榚arn back鈥� a portion of additional tax revenue from GVA (gross value added) increases resulting from local investment in infrastructure
  • establish a Greater Manchester Investment Framework to bring together core economic development funds
  • create a City Apprenticeship and Skills Hub to place apprentices with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
  • strengthen Greater Manchester鈥檚 Business Growth Hub, which integrates trade, investment and business advice
  • set up a Low Carbon Hub, with a plan to reduce emissions by 48% by 2020
  • establish a housing investment fund to use local and national investment to develop new housing
  • work with the Department for Transport on a broad package of transport proposals including bus improvement measures and devolution of the Northern Rail franchise and local transport funding

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Published 5 July 2012

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