City Deals

City deals are bespoke packages of funding and decision-making powers negotiated between central government and local authorities and/or Local Enterprise Partnerships and other local bodies.

Between July 2012 and August 2014, 26 city deals were agreed, covering England only.

The first wave, completed in July 2012 covered the 8 largest English cities outside London; the second wave, completed in July 2014 covered the next 14 largest English cities and their wider areas, as well as the next 6 English cities and areas with the highest population growth between 2001 and 2010.

In August 2014, Glasgow and the Clyde Valley became the first area outside England to agree a deal.

In total, 6 deals have been agreed in Scotland, and 2 each in Wales and Northern Ireland, with the most recent (Derry City and Strabane) being agreed in September 2024.