{"id":20839,"date":"2018-11-20T16:21:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T16:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=20839"},"modified":"2018-11-20T16:21:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T16:21:44","slug":"north-of-tyne-gets-600m-devolution-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=20839","title":{"rendered":"North of Tyne gets \u00a3600m devolution deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/s300_North_of_Tyne_devolution_deal_signing_970.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20840\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/s300_North_of_Tyne_devolution_deal_signing_970.jpg\" alt=\"people\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/><\/a>Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry has confirmed a \u00a3600 million devolution deal for the North of Tyne. It is expected to generate \u00a31.1 billion for the local economy.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Government writes:<\/p>\n<p>A once-in-a-generation devolution deal and over \u00a3600 million of government investment for the North of Tyne region has been approved by Parliament\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The signing of the Parliamentary Order by Northern Powerhouse Minister Jake Berry\u2026 formally confirmed the ground-breaking North of Tyne deal &#8211; an unprecedented transfer of devolved power and investment funding from Westminster to the North East.<\/p>\n<p>Encompassing the area north of the Tyne river, the deal includes the 3 North of Tyne authorities \u2013 Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland.<\/p>\n<p>Expected to generate \u00a31.1 billion for the local economy, 10,000 new jobs, and drive over \u00a32.1 billion in private sector investment, the landmark deal will provide a major economic boost for a key region within the Northern Powerhouse. It also includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Over \u00a3600 million of government funding (\u00a320 million a year for 30 years) to drive forward investment in digital skills, science and rural growth.<\/li>\n<li>The creation of a new North of Tyne Combined Authority and a directly-elected North of Tyne Mayor with the election planned for May 2019.<\/li>\n<li>A new Inclusive Growth Board to take forward skills and employment reforms across the area, including a pioneering North of Tyne Education Improvement Challenge to drive excellence in schools across North of Tyne\u2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/a-golden-era-heralded-for-north-east-as-north-of-tyne-devolution-deal-becomes-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northern Powerhouse minister Jake Berry has confirmed a \u00a3600 million devolution deal for the North of Tyne. It is expected to generate \u00a31.1 billion for the local economy. image: Open Government Licence v3.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20841,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20839\/revisions\/20841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}