Local government has handed in 38 separate devolution proposals, with transport featuring heavily in the list of demands.
Ministers revealed today the full list of bids from cities, towns and counties across the UK that made last Friday's deadline, following the call from chancellor George Osborne for devolution proposals following the Greater Manchester deal last year.
Councils have requested new powers in areas including education, healthcare, housing and business support as well as transport, with London-style bus franchising controls likely to feature in many proposals from urban areas.
The deals will now be considered as part of the Spending Review, the results of which will be announced by the chancellor on 25 November.
Prime minister David Cameron said: ‘The best businesses would never shy away from allowing their customers to shape the way they improve their services.
'If we are bold enough, government can go one better by actually putting many of those services in the hands of local people. It is also a proven reality that money spent closer to people is often money spent wiser – so we can really deliver more for less.’
Mr Osborne said: ‘We have had hugely ambitious proposals from all over the country showing that local areas are as enthusiastic as I am about shifting power out of Whitehall.
‘What we are delivering in the Northern Powerhouse through our ground-breaking deal with Greater Manchester illustrates what can be achieved by working together - the challenge is now to make this happen in other great cities.’
The full list includes requests from some areas that have already agreed deals and are seeking further powers.
Full list of devolution proposals received on 4 September
1 Aberdeen
2 Cardiff
3 Cheshire and Warrington
4 Cornwall
5 Cumbria
6 Dorset
7 ‘D2N2’ – Derbyshire, Derby, Nottinghamshire and Nottingham
8 *Edinburgh
9 Gloucestershire
10 Greater Brighton
11 Greater Essex
12 Greater Lincolnshire
13 Greater Manchester
14 Greater Yorkshire
15 Hampshire & Isle of Wight
16 Heart of the South West
17 Herefordshire
18 Hull, Yorkshire, Leeds City Region and the Northern Powerhouse
19 Inverness & Highland City
20 Leeds City Region
21 Leicester and Leicestershire
22 Liverpool City Region
23 London
24 Norfolk
25 Northamptonshire
26 North East
27 Oxfordshire
28 Sheffield City Region
29 Surrey, West Sussex & East Sussex
30 Swindon
31 Suffolk
32 Tees Valley
33 Telford & Wrekin
34 West Midlands
35 West of England
36 Wiltshire
37 Worcestershire
38 York, North Yorkshire and East Riding
