Combined Authority
A Combined Authority is a type of local government institution introduced in England (outside Greater London, where the Greater London Authority provides a similar function) by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009.
As of 2017 there are nine Combined Authorities:
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (covering the Ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire
- Greater Manchester (covering the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester)
- Liverpool City Region (covering the metropolitan county of Merseyside and the borough of Halton)
- North East (covering the three counties of Northumberland, Tyne and Wear and County Durham)
- Sheffield City Region (covering the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire)
- Tees Valley (covering the boroughs of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees)
- West Midlands (covering the West Midlands metropolitan county)
- West of England (covering Bristol, South Gloucestershire and Bath and North East Somerset)
- West Yorkshire (covering the West Yorkshire metropolitan county).