Our pledges
Our pledges to the people of Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is only successful if every part of our city region is successful. Our interlocking plans for growing our economy and making sure all our people can live well will fix the foundations of life: shelter, safety, mobility, opportunity and support. Each and every priority and pledge will be delivered in a way that ensures a greener and more equal future for all.
Pledge 1
We will put equality goals at the heart of our plans, embedding inclusive practices across all public services.
Creating a healthy, safe, warm space for everyone to call home
Pledge 2
By 2030 there will be at least 10,000 new, energy efficient homes for social rent across all 10 local authority areas.
- By 2027 we will be building more social housing than we are losing through Right to Buy.
- By 2030 everyone living in rented accommodation will have the right to request a property check under the Good Landlord Charter.
Pledge 3
We will ensure that homelessness in Greater Manchester is prevented wherever possible and end the need for rough sleeping.
- We will minimise the number of children in bed and breakfast accommodation beyond the statutory limit (6 weeks).
- There will be a sustainable reduction in the number of families in unsuitable temporary accommodation in Greater Manchester overall.
- We will continue A Bed Every Night scheme to ensure that rough sleeping is a rare, brief and non-recurring experience.
Building strong communities where people feel safe on their streets
Pledge 4
By 2030, at least 95% of our residents will report feeling safe.
- We will halve gender-based violence and knife crime.
- We will make the Bee Network one of the safest transport systems in the world.
Developing the Bee Network as a transport system for a global city region
Pledge 5
By 2030, 90% of people in Greater Manchester will be within a five-minute walk of a bus or tram that comes at least every 30 minutes.
Pledge 6
We will keep the cost of travel on the Bee Network as low as possible, so everyone can afford to get where they need to go. We’ll only charge what we need to run a safe and comfortable service and to reinvest in the Bee Network, so that it keeps improving.
Pledge 7
By 2030, we will have the UK’s first fully electric, integrated transport system across active travel, bus and tram services, supporting carbon neutrality by 2038.
Pledge 7
By 2030, we will have the UK’s first fully electric, integrated transport system across active travel, bus and tram services, supporting carbon neutrality by 2038.
Pledge 8
By 2030, all local rail lines will be integrated with the Bee Network, with Greater Manchester communities the first outside London to be served by fully joined-up bike, bus, tram and train travel. We will drive major improvements to stations, including making more of them fully accessible and introducing capped, tap-on tap-off fares.
Pledge 9
By 2040 we are aiming for no-one to be killed or seriously injured on our roads.
Creating a clear line of sight to high-quality jobs
Pledge 10
All children and young people in Greater Manchester will thrive.
- We will narrow the gap on school readiness compared with the England average.
- We will increase school attendance for disadvantaged learners to at least 93%.
- We will improve school achievement for disadvantaged young people.
- We will increase the number of pupils reporting good or higher mental-wellbeing.
- We will ensure that every young person has an opportunity to be in employment, education or training.
- We will transform the technical education system in Greater Manchester through delivery of the Greater Manchester Baccalaureate and access to a guaranteed high- quality 45-day work placement for every young person who needs one.
Providing everyday support in every neighbourhood via Live Well centres and spaces
Pledge 11
By 2030 everyone will get the support they need, in their neighbourhood, to live well.
- Anyone requiring one will be able to access a bespoke Live Well appointment, via a network of Live Well centres, spaces and offers, providing practical help from debt to housing and more.
- We will narrow the gap between the Greater Manchester employment rate and the national rate, with good sustainable jobs, that pay well and provide equal opportunities for all residents.
- We will reduce the number of children living in poverty.
Pledge 12
Greater Manchester residents will live a healthy life for longer (relative to England as a whole) and we will reduce the gap in healthy life years between the richest and poorest communities.
- We will reduce smoking rates for adults: a rate of less than 5% by 2030 compared to the 2023 level of 12.5%.
- We will help people to be become more physically active, reducing the number of people classed as ‘inactive’ to less than 26.2% (pre- pandemic levels).
- We will reduce the percentage of adults and children who are obese.
Pledge 13
We will deliver year on year performance improvement in NHS services – including how long people wait in A&E, for a GP appointment, for mental health support and for an operation.
- Each year we will increase the percentage of patients admitted, transferred, or discharged from A&E within 4 hours.
- We will reduce the percentage of patients waiting longer than 18 weeks for elective treatment.
- We will increase the number of residents who feel that it is easy to contact their GP practice.
- We will increase access to mental health services for adults and young people.
Pledge 14
Our voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector will be recognised for their foundational role in people’s day to day lives, with funding of those social, civic, faith and community organisations as part of our collective commitment to enabling everyone to live well.
- We will renew and expand our VCFSE Accord, fully implement the Fair Funding Protocol and increase the value of the services we collectively commission from the third sector.
Creating a greener future for everyone
Pledge 15
We will maintain our commitment to reach carbon neutrality by 2038.
- All residents will have access to advice and, where eligible, financial support to improve the energy efficiency of their home.
- We will increase the amount of renewable energy and heat generated in Greater Manchester to increase energy security and reduce the cost of energy for all.
- We will increase the quality and quantity of local community green space and expand the best spaces for nature to ensure people have access to a nature rich place near to where they live.
- We will work with partners to deliver an Integrated Water Management Plan to manage our water resources, reducing the risk of flooding, increasing climate resilience and improving the quality of our lakes and rivers.
Making Greater Manchester a great place to do business
Pledge 16
We will continue to create the conditions for people and businesses to succeed, unlocking a new form of economic growth.
- We will ensure all residents and businesses have access to advice, support and space to start (including self-employment) and grow their businesses.
- We will create 10,000 jobs and 2 million sqft per annum of employment floorspace by 2029 through our integrated investment pipeline.
- We will continue to drive innovation and build on the success of our universities, increasing cross-sector investment in innovation so that by 2030 every £1 of extra public investment made in research and development in Greater Manchester will generate an additional £2.40 of investment by businesses in research and development.
- We will maintain our position as the leading inward investment region (outside London) in the UK.
- We will narrow the gap between the average household income in Greater Manchester and the average across the country.
- We will support all employers in the city region to pay the Real Living Wage by 2030.
- We will be at the forefront of new technologies from health and life sciences to AI – we will support an ethical and inclusive adoption to benefit residents, and become the fastest place to adopt innovations in the health service.
- We will continue to grow our culture, leisure, sport and night time economy offers, providing opportunities for residents, visitors and businesses.