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On 17 November 2015, it was announced that agreements had been reached between local authorities and central government on devolving power in some policy areas to two regions, Liverpool and the West Midlands. They join four other city regions in England—Greater Manchester; South Yorkshire; the North East; and Tees Valley—which signed devolution deals between November 2014 and October 2015.

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