Building a skills base will be Bradford’s focus on a pioneering deal struck by Yorkshire city hall chiefs on 14th July.
The councils will agree to stop scrapping over funding and stand shoulder-to-shoulder, pooling power and resources to get important work done faster for the benefit of the whole area, or “sub-region”.
Bradford Cabinet member responsible for regeneration Adrian Naylor, who attended the event, said: “We want to create the environment where people want to do business. We need to predict what the economy will be in the future.
“It is about the future of Bradford and the future of our young people, getting them skills to match up with the jobs in the future. It is about driving the agenda forward and to be successful we need to work as a team.”
Under the new agreement, all 11 Leeds City Region local authorities and their partners – which include Metro (the West Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive), Yorkshire Forward and the Learning and Skills Council – have committed to ambitious joint targets in the provision of higher level skills and improved transport connectivity.
In turn, the Government will agree to freedoms and flexibilities to the partner authorities in these areas.
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