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Quinze em um não vai
O sucesso dos prefeitos eleitos na maior manchester e na região de Liverpool. Quinze, sim, quinze, conselhos que dirigem Lancashire. O perigo ainda se esconde que o paroquialismo levantará a cabeça novamente para bloquear o acordo. No passado, se não fosse o leste de Lancashire querendo seguir seu próprio caminho, então Wyre ou Fylde estavam infelizes. É preciso esperar que agora que os 15 líderes tenham concordado com o acordo, existe uma perspectiva real de Lancashire afirmando seus interesses ao lado de Manchester e Liverpool. A questão então é que estrutura haverá abaixo do prefeito para administrar o condado. Certamente seria impossível pedir ao prefeito que trabalhe com quinze conselhos. Além de qualquer outra coisa, eles variam muito em tamanho e poderes. Doze são conselhos distritais com funções limitadas, enquanto Blackpool e Blackburn com Darwen são conselhos unitários. Isso deixa o Conselho do Condado de Lancashire, executando grandes serviços de Lancaster a Skelmersdale. Inclua Blackpool e Preston, juntamente com o interior mais rural de Fylde, Wyre, Lancaster e Ribble Valley. Eles são sempre caros e perturbadores, mas essenciais para evitar a acusação de que o prefeito eleito será outro nível de burocracia. Sentado acima de todos os cidadãos, seria apenas um nível do governo local com um prefeito eleito responsável a todos. O prefeito controlaria grandes áreas de política, incluindo investimento interno, transporte, moradia e educação. Será interessante ver se, pós-Covid-19, Lancashire também pode obter um acordo de saúde como o da Grande Manchester.
Detailed proposals are being prepared for each of the fifteen, yes fifteen, councils that run Lancashire. The danger still lurks that parochialism will raise its head again to block agreement. In the past if it wasn’t East Lancashire wanting to go its own way, then Wyre or Fylde were unhappy. One must hope that now that the 15 leaders have agreed the deal, there is a real prospect of Lancashire asserting its interests alongside Manchester and Liverpool.
The government have always insisted that an elected mayor was essential for a devolution deal even in more rural areas. The question then is what structure there will be beneath the mayor to run the county. It would surely be impossible to ask the mayor to work with fifteen councils. Apart from anything else they vary greatly in size and powers. Twelve are district councils with limited roles whereas Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen are all purpose unitary councils. That leaves Lancashire County Council running major services from Lancaster to Skelmersdale.
A Combined Authority for the whole council might have three councils beneath it based on North, East and South Lancashire.
So, in the east Blackburn and Burnley might be grouped together (interesting) along with Pendle, Hyndburn, and Rossendale.
The north would include Blackpool and Preston along with the more rural hinterland of Fylde, Wyre, Lancaster, and Ribble Valley.
West Lancashire, Chorley and South Ribble would compose a southern authority.
WHY CHANGE?
So big changes could be on the way. They are always expensive and disruptive but essential to avoid the charge that the elected mayor will be another tier of bureaucracy. Sitting above every citizen would be just one tier of local government with an elected mayor answerable to all.
Apart from giving Lancashire a voice comparable to other devolved areas, the elected mayor attracts a £30m pot of government cash every year for thirty years. The mayor would control big areas of policy including inward investment, transport, housing, and education. It will be interesting to see if, post Covid-19, Lancashire might also get a health deal like Greater Manchester’s.
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Unlike the Labour strongholds of the Liverpool City and Greater Manchester sub regions, Lancashire is a more diverse county politically. So, a Conservative could be elected. Never discount a further twist to the colourful career of Geoff Driver although age is against him. Keep an eye on his cabinet member for economic development Michael Green.
On the Labour side Simon Blackburn, the leader of Blackpool Council could be a contender.
The government intended that these posts should attract independent candidates with a business background. I know somebody who ticks those boxes and has past experience of political office in Lancashire as the county’s deputy leader. He is the CEO of Downtown Frank Mckenna.
COME ON CHESHIRE!
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