Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has unveiled the new portfolios which each Greater Manchester Combined Authority member will head up for the city region.
The GMCA is made up of 11 members, who are the leaders of the 10 Greater Manchester councils, the Mayor and also the Deputy Mayor for Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire, Baroness Beverley Hughes.
Each leader is given a policy brief by the Mayor which they lead on for Greater Manchester.
The Mayor also appoints an additional Deputy Mayor from amongst GMCA Leaders, a role Sir Richard Leese has fulfilled since 2017. City Mayor of Salford, Paul Dennett will now become Deputy Mayor of Greater Manchester, following Sir Richard Leese stepping down as Leader of Manchester City Council.
Dennett will retain his Housing, Homelessness & Infrastructure portfolio.
The new Leader of Manchester City Council, Cllr Bev Craig will take up the Education, Skills, Work & Apprenticeships and Digital portfolio.
Tameside Council leader Cllr Brenda Warrington will be taking on the health portfolio, whilst Cllr Arooj Shah will take Warrington’s former portfolio on Equalities.
Cllr Andrew Western from Trafford Council will take on the portfolio of Clean Air, Communities and Co-operatives.
All of the other leaders across Greater Manchester including Leaders of Bury & Rochdale councils will continue with their existing portfolios.
A full list of portfolios of GMCA members is below:
Mayor Andy Burnham - Policy & Reform, Transport
Deputy Mayor for Policing, Crime, Criminal Justice Beverley Hughes - Safe & Strong Communities (Police and Fire)
Deputy Mayor Paul Dennett (Salford) - Housing, Homelessness & Infrastructure
Cllr Martyn Cox (Bolton) - Culture
Cllr Bev Craig (Manchester) - Education, Skills, Work & Apprenticeships and Digital
Cllr Neil Emmott (Rochdale) - Green City Region and Waste
Cllr David Molyneux (Wigan) - Resources & Investment
Cllr Eamonn O'Brien (Bury) - Young People
Cllr Arooj Shah (Oldham) - Equalities, Inclusion & Cohesion
Cllr Brenda Warrington (Tameside) - Healthy Lives & Quality Care
Cllr Andrew Western (Trafford) - Clean Air, Communities & Co-operatives.
Cllr Elise Wilson (Stockport) - Economy & Business.
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