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Pre budget report 2
“Building on the Sub-National Review and Multi-Area Agreements in particular, the Government will support city-regions to fulfil this role by agreeing, on a voluntary and tailored basis, a set of devolutionary proposals with local authorities in city-regions, to increase further their ability to drive economic growth and contribute to sustainable development. …
…but here’s the important bit:
The Government intends to announce new agreements with at least two forerunner city-regions at Budget 2009.
…if that isn’t Greater Manchester and Teeside, I’ll eat my hat