Humza Yousaf met council leaders at Glasgow’s Riverside Museum to discuss the devolution of the Clyde Mission from the Scottish Government to the Glasgow City Region Cabinet.
No idea what we’re talking about?
Don’t worry – we’ve got you. Here’s what you need to know about both.
What is the Glasgow City Region?
The Glasgow City Region Cabinet was set up nearly 10 years ago to bring together Glasgow and seven other local authorities in a partnership to attract investment and improve resources in towns and cities.
It has allocated funding to plugging skills shortages, supporting businesses, releasing derelict land for redevelopment and invested in transport.
The City Deal - worth £1.13 billion - is one of the largest in the UK and is currently funding infrastructure projects in different communities, creating jobs and encouraging private sector development.
The Cabinet is chaired by Susan Aitken, the leader of Glasgow City Council but the group includes representation from East Dunbartonshire Council, East Renfrewshire Council, Inverclyde Council, North Lanarkshire Council, Renfrewshire Council, South Lanarkshire Council and West Dunbartonshire Council.
The group claims its economic strategy will create 100,000 extra jobs; 6,500 new businesses and support the building of 110,000 new homes across the region.
So what is the Clyde Mission?
The Clyde Mission is a regeneration programme aiming to transform the land on 500 metres either side of the River Clyde from Lanarkshire, through Glasgow and out to the sea at Dunoon and Greenock.
So far it has been run by the Scottish Government with input from the Glasgow City Region Cabinet.
Now, though, the Scottish Government is handing over control of the project to the City Region members to run as a devolved enterprise at a local level.
The government has invested £40 million in the project so far but the idea is that this investment will help draw further financial involvement from business, housing developers and support universities and colleges.
It was set up in 2020 and is heavily focused on renewable energy initiatives and trying to identify what pieces of land are suitable for development.
There are transport infrastructure projects involved too.
It's hoped that more regional economic partnerships will be set up across Scotland in its wake.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel