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U-turn fears over 'unstable' Manchester devo powers

Greater Manchester’s ‘fragile’ devolved powers over health and social care budgets could be withdrawn at any moment due to the lack of a legal footing, experts and politicians have warned.

Greater Manchester's ‘fragile' devolved powers over health and social care budgets could be withdrawn at any moment due to the lack of a legal footing, experts and politicians have warned.

Just days after the region took control over a combined £6bn budget, the future of the ‘unstable' deal has been brought into question, with warnings its collapse could hamper future devolution to other regions.

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