Sir Howard Bernstein
- Markets
Cities must be given greater influence over their destinies
We must move away from a situation where Manchester is reliant on government handouts with strings attached
MarketsCities must be given greater influence over their destinies
Sir Winston Churchill liked to point out that the Chinese ideogram for “crisis” is formed by combining the symbols for “danger” and “opportunity”. In as much as the challenges of the past few years can be called a crisis, the dangers for the public and private sectors have been self-evident.
- Insight
Congestion charge defeat drives us to create ‘engine of the north’
At the 27 November meeting of the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities, a report was presented that mapped out progress on a £1.5bn package of transport improvements
NewsSir Howard Bernstein on the future of Manchester’s regeneration
Transport is now the great challenge for any British city that has seen several years of economic growth on top of decades of underinvestment
