
Let me just say it. Its time to stop the Greater Manchester
Devolution.
Stop it, rethink it.
There seems to be so much wrong with this
process that, not only is there an independent campaign calling for a referendum [1]
but even Greater Manchester’s local newspapers, including the Manchester
Evening News, have bandied together to form a ‘Fair
Devolution’ campaign [2] to get a better deal.
So what are some of the things wrong?
Housing. The £300
million pound fund [3] has mainly gone to private developers despite there
being over 80,000 people on Greater Manchester housing
waiting lists [4] and a sharp rise...