Manchester’s devolution, funding and ‘urban boosterism’ | Letters

Nick Raynsford, former local government minister, and Mike Geddes respond to comments by and about the city’s former chief executive Sir Howard BernsteinSir Howard Bernstein has achieved a great deal in his time as chief executive of Manchester, so it is sad to see him demeaning his standing by factually incorrect and politically tendentious comments on funding and devolution for his city during the lifetime of the last Labour government (Living for the city, G2, 19 April). Contrary to his