Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein has drawn up proposals for a local enterprise partnership in greater Manchester to take over powers from the NorthWest Development Agency.

The plan was completed on Friday and proposes giving the city region a single pot of government funding for economic development, housing, and transport.

The Association of Greater Manchester Authorities will consider the proposal at a meeting of its executive board on Friday, before being submitted to central government ahead of a deadline of 6 September.

Under the proposals, the LEP would have a strategic role, and a new combined authority for the region would be responsible for allocating funds.

The LEP would have a majority of private sector board members and would oversee the creation of development plans. A Greater Manchester Spatial Framework will set out the LEP’s development goals for the next 15 years.

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