Yorkshire devolution plan announced on Yorkshire Day

 

◾There are eight cities in the county with more than 100,000 people

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-40788868

No there aren't - Yorkshire has seven cities - Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, Wakefield, York & Ripon - and the population of Ripon is about 17,000.

No there aren't - Yorkshire has seven cities - Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, Wakefield, York & Ripon - and the population of Ripon is about 17,000.

Yes he got that info from the article .. most of those statistics are incorrect imo. There are 7cities but more than15 towns/cities with well over 100000.

Middlesbrough did try for city status the other year but lost out.

Yes he got that info from the article .. most of those statistics are incorrect imo. There are 7cities but more than15 towns/cities with well over 100000.

Middlesbrough did try for city status the other year but lost out.

Is that 15 including the places like Barnsley, Doncaster & Rotherham where the boroughs are 200,000 plus but the population of the main town is under half the total of the borough?

Judging by the Mayors some areas have ended up with, including neo-fascists in Donny, why would this appeal?

 

This isn't devolution, it's just an opportunity for the Government to shirk responsibility and point the finger elsewhere.

Possibly, but I think the North of England needs a stronger voice in Parliament, in much the same way as Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own assemblies fighting their corner.

We are currently ruled by a London elite that haven't a clue about anything outside their own little Southern bubble. All the investment and development goes into London, and we get a few crumbs off the table. Please, don't anyone mention HS2 which is a vanity project that will take years to build, if it ever happens, cost billions and is outdated technology before it even starts.

That money could be focused and put into projects right now, when it's needed, not 30 years down the line when the world will have changed beyond recognition.

The only way the North will have any appreciable clout is to band together. and work together in everyone's best interests.

True enough, but I cannot see much chance of real improvements if we leave it to the polititians.

Completely agree

Thread closed. Now see https://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1521870&highlight=devolution