Greater Merseyside
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Greater Merseyside is a term for the sub-region of North West England that includes Merseyside County and Halton. This corresponds, in part, to the original proposal for Merseyside in the Redcliffe-Maud Report and the River Mersey or Liverpool's hinterland.
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[edit] Origins
It has a semi-official usage by the local authorities of Merseyside County and Halton when they act together, co-ordinated through the Merseyside Policy Unit. Greater Merseyside is also one of the five sub-regions in the North West that are used by the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA).
The term was first officially defined in 2001, when the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) was created, with 47 local Learning and Skills Councils across England, one of which is Greater Merseyside. In August 2006, the LSC says: Greater Merseyside is one of England’s most densely populated urban areas with 1.5 million people living in the six districts of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral. The working age population is 927,000, of these 558,000 are employed, 48,000 are self-employed and 315,000 are not employed.
The following organisations and programmes have Greater Merseyside bodies (Merseyside & Halton) for planning and delivery:
- Business Link
- Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
- Connexions
- Aimhigher
[edit] Liverpool City-Region
The term "Liverpool City Region" is also used in some official documents (e.g. in The Northern Way plan) but its boundaries are less clearly defined, sometimes being considered as Greater Liverpool to include neighbouring areas of Cheshire and Lancashire.
On 13 March 2007 , UK Local Government Minister Phil Woolas announced plans [1] to create a "cabinet" of the Leaders of the six Councils in a form of regional devolution for what was termed the "Liverpool City Region".[2][3]. While a report in the Liverpool Daily Post newspaper on 3rd June 2008 suggests a 'Super Cabinet' plan to boost economy in the City region.[4]
[edit] Greater Liverpool
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The "Greater Liverpool" area is not to be confused with Greater Merseyside or Liverpool City Region. The term Greater Liverpool is so named as it is perceived by many that City Council boundaries of Liverpool are outdated and should include suburbs of south Sefton and Knowsley. While many of the two boroughs towns and districts are independent of Liverpool, such as Bootle, Maghull, Crosby, Kirkby and Huyton, they are also a modern 'overspill' of Liverpool and intrinsically linked to the city by their inhabitants. In the L postcode area, this covers postcodes L1 to L36, as opposed to the City Region covering places such as St Helens and Halton.
