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Northern Powerhouse
George Osborne - UK Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2014, coined the term "Northern Powerhouse" in a speech given on June 23, 2014. The intent of the program is to boost productivity in Northern England through investment, education, and transportation improvements. Cities of Northern England, including Manchester, are given greater support financially as well as greater political autonomy to ensure those areas thrive economically to provide better support for Great Britain as a whole. The Northern Powerhouse region accounts for 20 percent of all British exports.

Transportation
A £13B spending commitment to improve transport in the region will allow for easier commutes from one area to another as well as ease of transporting goods and raw materials. The funds are designed to support improved roads, rail transport, and infrastructure from airports to surrounding urban areas. Manchester is the third largest airport in England, behind Heathrow and Gatwick. Increased mobility from the Manchester Airport will pull air traffic north from London. HS2, a high speed transit project to be completed in 2032, will run between London, Manchester, and other northern cities. The goal is to increase in train capacity by 40 percent among the five primary cities of Manchester, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, and Newcastle. Northern Powerhouse Rail expects to contribute to 850,000 new jobs and a £100bn boost to the economy by 2050. HS3 also known as Northern Powerhouse Rail is another project intended to cut travel time between Liverpool to Hull.

Political Devolution
Greater Manchester was the first urban area in the Northern Powerhouse to be given the opportunity to elect a regional mayor. This position will oversee a land commission as well as city planning and fire services. The mayor will work with a cabinet including other local authorities.

Early Economic Indicators of Success for Manchester
Upon implementation of the Northern Powerhouse initiative, Greater Manchester experienced a productivity increase of 6.8 percent between 2014 and 2016. It outperformed London by 2.8 percent. The productivity is based on the Gross Value Added (GVA) measurement, which accounts for the average contribution of all those who live in a given area to its economic product.