Deputy leader Cllr Bev Craig has emerged as the frontrunner to take over from Sir Richard Leese as Manchester City Council leader but will face competition from three others ahead of a vote by Manchester Labour on 5 October.
Funds will be divided up between ten projects, including a transport-based heritage attraction, public realm improvements to Hamilton Square and a wellbeing hub.
Alan Smith will be the first head of heritage preservation and development, a role that will see him managing, promoting, and championing the city’s historic buildings and parks.
The housing provider wants to create around 400 homes a year in the city, entering a market in which affordable accommodation is often hard to stack up financially.
Seddon Construction is to build 66 homes on the site of the former St Luke’s CE Primary School in Weaste under plans lodged by Salford City Council.
The authority has taken ownership of 17 acres next to Trafford Housing Trust’s proposed 330-home Penwortham Mills development to progress plans to upgrade Vernon Carus Sports Club.
The combined authority said it is considering a grant of up to £15m to help with infrastructure work for public space around Bramley-Moore Dock, and a loan of up to £30m towards the construction of the stadium.
Almost 10 years after the museum moved from Preston, the city council is to approve a new 25-year lease and continued investment in the tourist attraction.
With goals to deliver 500 new homes a year, This City will focus on creating both market and affordable housing.
The political heavyweight took even close friends and colleagues by surprise on Tuesday night by announcing he was to step down as leader of Manchester City Council in December, and would not stand for re-election in May as a councillor for Crumpsall.
