Update: Don’t Miss Your Chance to Have Your Say on Devolution for Lincolnshire
There are just two weeks to go until the Devolution Lincolnshire survey closes for responses, and businesses in Greater Lincolnshire are being asked for their views on the devolution process, which would transfer powers and funding from Whitehall to Lincolnshire.
Devolution Lincolnshire is the start of a conversation with businesses which is being led by the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership.
Leaders from the 10 local authorities in the area have asked the LEP to lead this business discussion ahead of submitting a deal to the Government at the end of this year.
If you have a view on the benefits or disadvantages of devolution for Lincolnshire, or if you simply want to find out more, you can visit the website, watch the short video, and complete the online survey until it closes for responses on Thursday 30th June 2022.
Pat Doody, Chair of the Greater Lincolnshire Local Enterprise Partnership, said: “We were pleased to be asked by the councils to lead an independent engagement programme with the business community and we would like to encourage people to get involved, look at the website and take the survey.
“A devolution deal could give Lincolnshire more powers, more money and more say over public sector funding and can promote local decision-making across many public services that are important to the people, businesses, and communities of Greater Lincolnshire. This in turn should lead to better outcomes and greater prosperity for our area.
“A devolution deal for Lincolnshire could also be important to the business community. For example, it could mean that local leaders have more say to get Lincolnshire businesses the right education, training and apprenticeships to meet their needs – both now and for the jobs of the future.
“It could also mean that decisions are made locally rather than nationally on the best infrastructure to better connect people to jobs, freight to ports, or energy to facilities, ensuring that local priorities are met. This is the first stage of a long conversation about devolution for our area, and I encourage you to get involved and have your say.”
Last year the Government invited civic leaders to bring forward plans for devolving powers to local areas and to work together to help level up the UK.
The Government’s Levelling Up White Paper provides a framework for devolution and council leaders across Greater Lincolnshire are working together to develop plans to enable Lincolnshire to reach its full potential.
To find out more and have your say, visit Devolution Lincolnshire. Watch Pat Doody’s short video here.
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About the Greater Lincolnshire LEP
- We are a strong partnership of private, public and education leaders driving positive economic growth across Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland.
- We are improving the lives and opportunities of communities and businesses in Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland.
- We are 180+ leaders harnessing our economic ambitions for Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland.
- We champion Greater Lincolnshire and Rutland as a place to live, work, play and invest.
- We are the voice for business and we champion our four game-changing sectors:
o Humber Freeport
o UK Food Valley
o Clean energy
o Defence and Security - We also work across the manufacturing, visitor economy and health and care enterprise sectors, and work on employment and skills, innovation and business support
- We work with investors in our area, support business growth and help businesses to develop the skills they need.
- We work with schools and businesses to develop strong careers programmes that reflect local opportunities.
- We set out what Greater Lincolnshire needs to grow its economy and we secure and deliver funding from Government for our area.
- We cover an area including North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Rutland and the administrative county of Lincolnshire.
- To find out more visit http://www.greaterlincolnshirelep.co.uk or follow us on Twitter @greaterlincslep, Facebook or Linkedin.
LEP achievements
Since our creation in 2010 we have:
- unlocked over £279 million of addition investment through our funding programmes.
- engaged with 20,000 businesses through the Growth Hub programme.
- supported a successful Humber Freeport bid bringing 7,000 jobs and £2 billion plus investment
- begun to develop a Top 10 global UK Food Valley cluster
- provided 5,000 businesses with three or more hours of dedicated support
- created 3,108 jobs
- delivered 34 transformational growth projects and programmes
- supported 2,711 learners and apprentices
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