South Yorkshire Reborn!

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Longer-standing members may recall that the Local Government Act 1972 came into force on 1 April 1974, creating the county of South Yorkshire and- with it- South Yorkshire County Council. SYCC was abolished in 1985 although the County was not.

On 17 September this yea, however, it was announced that the 'Sheffield City Region' had been officially re-branded as the 'South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority' [SYMCA]. This brings together the Metropolitan Councils of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and Sheffield- plus the private sector through the Local Enterprise Partnership. The Mayor's title changed to 'Mayor of South Yorkshire'. The integration of South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive into SYMCA is to continue.

As yet, however, its website remains https://sheffieldcityregion.org.uk/

 

Thanks to Eric Wilson of the Sheffield Omnibus Enthusiasts Society, who tells us this.

[Tony 10]

May God help us all. 

 

More government, not less.

 

More nooks and crannies for the politically overenthusiastic to plant a flag in the name of inward looking dogma and the mismanagement that follows.

[buddysbuddy 12]

3 hours ago, Tony said:

May God help us all. 

 

More government, not less.

 

More nooks and crannies for the politically overenthusiastic to plant a flag in the name of inward looking dogma and the mismanagement that follows.

oh ye of little faith!! --but probably quite correct.

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Equally, though, all that's happened  is effectively a re-establishment of SYCC under the name of SYMCA.

Even if powers shift from SCC to SYMCA, the powers devolved from Central Government are unchanged as yet.

Note that Greater Manchester and West Midlands have rather more devolution.

Edited October 12, 2021 by Jeffrey Shaw

[sheffbag 227]

This was announced some time ago. Im not calling Dan or his "pr" team egocentric but South Yorkshire is the only combined authority or area governed by a mayor to have the word "Mayoral" in the title. It does give the humorous acronym of (S)YMCA though so cue memes of the Village People 

 

The SYPTE integration has been on the agenda for a long time. It was certain after a report commissioned by SCR about the PTE said that the PTE had too many levels of management and would be better run under......SCR control (adding another layer of management)

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

2 hours ago, sheffbag said:

This was announced some time ago.

 

Odd, then, that nobody was aware of it. It wasn't very 'announced', I think. Who knew?

[sheffbag 227]

17 hours ago, Jeffrey Shaw said:

Odd, then, that nobody was aware of it. It wasn't very 'announced', I think. Who knew?

announced 17th Sept. The name change has been in the pipeline for a bit. It was covered in local media but shows the interest in the name change. Same old shower just a diferent name 

Edited October 14, 2021 by sheffbag

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

'Local media' clearly excluded Sheffield Forum, then!