Commenting on the New City Devolution deal for Sheffield

16th December 2014

Richard Wright, executive director of Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, said: "As a Chamber we support the overall trend towards devolution because we back ourselves, as a region, to do a better job in growing the economy if we can have more control.

-This is a good first step but we know a number of people are disappointed by the fact that we do not appear to have as much devolved responsibility as Manchester. -However we would urge caution. We live in a time of severe financial pressure so we have to ask whether the Chancellor is devolving spending power - or the responsibility for making cuts."