The North West Regional Leaders Board is the

Local Authority Leaders’ Board Local authority leaders' boards are voluntary regional associations of council leaders that have been established in England outside of Greater London to replace certain functions of the now abolished regional chambers. The establishment of the boa ...

for the

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region of England. It was established on 15 July 2008 and replaced the

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. It was initially based at

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, in

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but has since moved to St Helens in

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.http://www.4nw.org.uk/downloads/documents/oct_10/4nw_1287671203_NWRLB_Newsletter_Oct_2010.pdf

Structure and membership

The board has 23 members of which 15 represent local government in the region and the remainder are drawn from business and the third sector. Three local government representatives will be drawn from each Ceremonial County in the region i.e.,

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, Cheshire,

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and

. A further 7 members represent Social Economic and Environmental Partners (SEEPs) and one further member is nominated by the Lake District National Park Authority. Participating (non-voting) observers can also be appointed. The board holds an annual meeting in July where a Chair and Deputy Chair are elected. The Chair is currently Councillor Sir

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, and the Chief Executive is Phil Robinson.

Functions and responsibilities

The board will work in the areas of housing, energy and transport, will scrutinise the work of the Northwest Regional Development Agency and will contribute to the Single Regional Strategy combining economic development and spatial planning. The forum's constitution describes its role as to: * set the strategic direction for, contribute to the development of, support and approve the Regional Economic Strategy, Regional Spatial Strategy and any subsequent Single Regional Strategy * approve the Forum budget * influence key Regional strategies * approve the Business Plan for the Forum * monitor the delivery of the Business Plan * approve and amend the Constitution and Standing Orders * appoint its Chair and Deputy Chair * appoint representatives to outside bodies. * establish any sub-groups, appointing their Chairs and determining their terms of reference

References

External links

North West Employers4NW Constitution
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