{"id":9232,"date":"2014-12-20T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=9232"},"modified":"2014-12-20T16:00:18","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T16:00:18","slug":"sheffield-devolution-powers-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9232","title":{"rendered":"Sheffield devolution powers announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Deputy Prime Minister has announced greater powers for housing, transport, employment and business support for the city region of Sheffield under the Northern Futures Programme<\/span>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Deputy Prime Minister\u2019s Office writes<\/span>:<br \/>\nThe Deputy Prime Minister in Sheffield confirmed a city devolution deal which will shift power from Whitehall to the combined authorities locally, giving the city greater control over transport, skills, housing and business support. This historic deal for Sheffield will allow the city to introduce \u2018oyster-style\u2019 travel cards, and local councils and businesses will have control over the majority of the skills budget for the area for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>He is confirming greater powers for Sheffield a month after the Northern Futures Summit, which brought together local people and businesses to share their vision for strengthening the economy in the region. The deal does not impose any specific form of governance over the city, such as a metro mayor.\u00a0 The deal builds on the success of the City Deal and Growth Deal already agreed for the Sheffield City Region, which began the journey that sees the people of Sheffield put in charge of their own economic destiny.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said: \u2018It\u2019s a historic moment for the great city of Sheffield, and I\u2019m pleased to be bringing more power to the people of Sheffield today, after I\u2019ve pushed for greater devolution to the North through my Northern Futures programme for so long.\u00a0 Today\u2019s deal will give council leaders clout to push forward local plans that strengthen the economy and the running of the city themselves, without waiting for Whitehall.\u00a0 Putting the people of Sheffield in control of our city\u2019s destiny will ensure local plans are in line with what local people want. From transforming travel across the city, to improving access to skills training, the deal will mean changes in the city are shaped by those who live there. Gone are the days of central government controlling all local decisions, and I\u2019m proud to be at the forefront of these forward-thinking changes that see cities like Sheffield able to grow as they see fit.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/oyster-style-cards-for-sheffield-as-deputy-pm-agrees-devolution-deal\" target=\"_blank\">UK Gov\u00a0press release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/northernfutures.dialogue-app.com\" target=\"_blank\">Northern Futures<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/city-deals-wave-1\" target=\"_blank\">City Deal info<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/sheffield-city-region-growth-deal-2014\" target=\"_blank\">Growth Deal info<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=devolution+england\" target=\"_blank\">IHBC newsblogs on English devolution<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Prime Minister has announced greater powers for housing, transport, employment and business support for the city region of Sheffield under the Northern Futures Programme.\u00a0 The Deputy Prime Minister\u2019s Office writes: The Deputy Prime Minister in Sheffield confirmed a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9232\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/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-9232","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\/9232","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=9232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9233,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9232\/revisions\/9233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}