What is Mayor of Greater Manchester?
The '''Mayor of Greater Manchester''' is the directly elected mayor of [[Greater Manchester]], responsible for strategy including health, transport, housing, strategic planning, [[waste management]], [[Police|policing]], the [[Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service]] and skills. It was set up by the Cities and Local Government [[Devolution]] Act 2016. The mayors were given new powers and financial freedom in 2023, but were also to called in front of [[Member of parliament|MP]]<nowiki/>s, via brand new quarterly select [[committee]]<nowiki/>s.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2023-03-15|title=English metro mayors given new powers and financial freedom|work=Financial Times|url=https://www.ft.com/content/677971ee-3361-479b-96ce-7a133ce02d2c|access-date=2023-03-31}}</ref> The Mayor of Greater Manchester sits on the [[Greater Manchester Combined Authority]] with the ten council leaders as the eleventh member. The mayor has powers over transport in Greater Manchester The first [[election]] for the job was on 4 May 2017. [[Andy Burnham]] won and he was elected for a second term in May 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pidd|first=Helen|last2=|first2=|date=2021-05-08|title=Andy Burnham reelected mayor of Greater Manchester|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/may/08/andy-burnham-is-reelected-mayor-of-greater-manchester|access-date=2023-03-31|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Directly elected British mayors]] [[Category:Greater Manchester]]