The Joker Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Meanwhile: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan had their election and are spending the first of the 900 million on transport infrastructure. That’s because Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan are PROUD to be associated with Mank-chester. We have the opposite problem; nobody else around here wants to be associated with Sheffield. Except maybe Baaaaaaaaaarnsley Even the wife-swappers of Dronfield would prefer to be part of the Derbyshires, then South Yaaaaarkshire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHFS6 Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Didn't Derbyshire county council do a number on Chesterfield's plan to be part of the club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) HMG's view is that the only deals acceptable are either: a. South Yorkshire [= B/D/R/S] ; or b. the so-called Sheffield City Region, i.e. loosely the travel-to-work area [those 4 + Bolsover/Chesterfield/Derbyshire Dales/NEDDC from Derbyshire + Bassetlaw from Nottinghamshire]. So no whole of 'Yorkshire' option, then. Edited April 15, 2018 by Jeffrey Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricgem2002 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 looks like the yorkshire party want the devolution plan to go ahead http://www.yorkshireparty.org.uk/support-yorkshire-devolution-write-to-sajid-javid/ is it time for a new change ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteowl Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Was watching the news tonight with articles on Scotland and Northern Ireland it got me thinking about Yorkshire devolution. Would it be a bad thing? From a purely population perpestive of the devolved areas compared to Yorkshire it would seem there is a case just based on that: Scotland 5.5 million Wales 3.1 million Northern Ireland 1.8 million Yorkshire 5.3 million (figures from a quick Google, no in depth checking ) I appreciate there's lot of factors involved but I think that the ability to make local decisions rather than having them foisted upon us by Westminster would be a plus. Let's face it, the Government (any government) is scarcely aware that anyone exists outside of the M25. The Scottish have chosen to abolish presciption charges and university fees (amongst other things) - why can't we do similar things if we choose to do so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 The advantage of devolution is you can get more money to spend in your area and have it spend on what you want. The disadvantage is you end up with another layer of administration and bureaucracy, which really shouldn't be needed. If the government did their job properly in the first place there wouldn't be calls for a Yorkshire devolution, but spending and investment has been so one-sided for many decades it could be the only way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECCOnoob Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, geared said: The advantage of devolution is you can get more money to spend in your area and have it spend on what you want. The disadvantage is you end up with another layer of administration and bureaucracy, which really shouldn't be needed. If the government did their job properly in the first place there wouldn't be calls for a Yorkshire devolution, but spending and investment has been so one-sided for many decades it could be the only way? I agree to a point on fairer and more northwards spending. But are there really that many "calls for yorkshire devolution" or is it just a handful of hardcore, white rose flag wielding folk in Osset beating some drum and chanting they know it all and can do better. Any idiot can declare that. Actually putting into practice is a very different thing. Frankly, after seeing the ego filled power trips and debacles caused by our City Regional Mayors so far..... full blown devolution would be the last thing I would want. Edited March 3, 2021 by ECCOnoob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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