Greater Manchester Combined Authority
combined authority for Greater Manchester, England
Greater Manchester Combined Authority has 11 members: the ten local council leaders and the Mayor of Greater Manchester as the eleventh member. It is the local government for Greater Manchester. The first since the Greater Manchester County Council was closed in 1986. It was set up in 2011.[1]
It has powers over public transport, skills, housing, regeneration, waste management, carbon neutrality and planning permissions.
It runs Transport for Greater Manchester.
References
change- ↑ "John Denham - Greater Manchester to be country's first ever Combined Authority". www.communities.gov.uk. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2023.