Editing Liverpool (section)

===City region economy and devolution===
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| caption= The [[Liverpool City Region]] GDP in 2021 was £40.479&nbsp;billion. The 6 contributing boroughs to this GDP were as follows:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Regional gross domestic product: city regions|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/datasets/regionalgrossdomesticproductcityregions|access-date=13 September 2023|website=ons.gov.uk|archive-date=1 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901145758/https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/datasets/regionalgrossdomesticproductcityregions|url-status=live}}</ref>
| label1 = [[Liverpool City Council|Liverpool]] <br>(£15.911&nbsp;billion)
| value1 = 39.3
| color1 = #890d4f
| label2 = [[Metropolitan Borough of Wirral|Wirral]] <br>(£6.632&nbsp;billion)
| value2 = 16.38
| color2 = #bebc3b
| label3 = [[Metropolitan Borough of Sefton|Sefton]] <br>(£5.431&nbsp;billion)
| value3 = 13.42
| color3 = #ffbd31
| label4 = [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]] <br>(£4.557&nbsp;billion)
| value4 = 11.26
| color4 = #b6bdbc
| label5 = [[Borough of Halton|Halton]] <br>(£4.498&nbsp;billion)
| value5 = 11.11
| color5 = #747474
| label6 = [[Metropolitan Borough of St Helens|St Helens]] <br>(£3.448&nbsp;billion)
| value6 = 8.52
| color6 = #ff2e5f
}}
The policy agenda of the [[Government of the United Kingdom|British Government]] is to continuously monitor the economy and productivity of the UK's [[Core Cities Group|core cities]] within the context of their respective [[city region]]s. The government's longer-term plan is to assess each area's potential for increased [[Devolution in the United Kingdom|devolution]] and transfer of additional powers and budgets from central government in [[Whitehall]] to their corresponding [[Combined authority|combined authorities]]. As such, official statistics about Liverpool's economy within the context of the [[Liverpool City Region]], are closely monitored by the [[Office for National Statistics]]. This allows policy and decision makers to more accurately assess the 'functional economic area' of the city, which is not bound by traditional [[Local government in England|local government geographies]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Combined Authorities and Regions (December 2017) Map in England|url=https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/documents/ons::combined-authorities-and-regions-december-2017-map-in-england-1/explore|access-date=14 September 2023|website=geoportal.statistics.gov.uk|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918184740/https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/documents/ons::combined-authorities-and-regions-december-2017-map-in-england-1/explore|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=English devolution: combined authorities and metro mayors|url=https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/explainer/english-devolution-combined-authorities-and-metro-mayors|access-date=14 September 2023|website=instituteforgovernment.org.uk|date=15 July 2019|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918184740/https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/explainer/english-devolution-combined-authorities-and-metro-mayors|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Levelling up the UK's regional economies|url=https://www.centreforcities.org/reader/levelling-up-the-uks-regional-economies/the-development-of-mayoral-combined-authorities|access-date=14 September 2023|website=centreforcities.org|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918184744/https://www.centreforcities.org/reader/levelling-up-the-uks-regional-economies/the-development-of-mayoral-combined-authorities/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Briefing Paper: Number 06649, 17 December 2019: Combined authorities|url=https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06649/SN06649.pdf|access-date=14 September 2023|website=researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk|archive-date=7 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220507211446/https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN06649/SN06649.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=A guide to devolution and why it matters|url=https://www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/a-guide-to-devolution-and-why-it-matters|access-date=14 September 2023|website=newlocal.org.uk|date=24 January 2020|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918212613/https://www.newlocal.org.uk/articles/a-guide-to-devolution-and-why-it-matters/|url-status=live}}</ref>

As of 2023, there are 10 city regions in England with Combined Authorities. The economy of [[Liverpool City Region Combined Authority|Liverpool's combined authority]] area in comparison to the other city regions is as follows:

{|class="wikitable sortable" 
|+Economy of [[Liverpool City Region]] compared to all [[Combined authority|combined authority areas]] in England<ref>{{Cite web|title=Regional gross domestic product: city regions|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/datasets/regionalgrossdomesticproductcityregions|access-date=14 September 2023|website=ons.gov.uk|archive-date=1 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901145758/https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/datasets/regionalgrossdomesticproductcityregions|url-status=live}}</ref>

! Combined authority area || [[Core Cities Group|Core city]] (if applicable) ||GVA (2021)<br />(£ billions) ||GDP (2021)<br />(£ billions)||GDP per head (2021)<br />(£)
|-
| [[Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority|Cambridgeshire and Peterborough]] || || 28.648 || 31.698 ||align="right" | 35,348 
|-
| [[Greater Manchester Combined Authority|Greater Manchester]] || [[Manchester]] || 78.744 || 87.703 ||align="right" | 30,576
|-
| [[Liverpool City Region Combined Authority|Liverpool City Region]] || Liverpool || 35.345 || 40.479 ||align="right" | 26,086
|-
|[[North East Combined Authority|North East]] || || 22.516 || 26.255 ||align="right" | 23,038 
|-
| [[North of Tyne Combined Authority|North of Tyne]] || [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] || 19.725 || 22.444 ||align="right" | 27,075
|-
| [[South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority|South Yorkshire]] || [[Sheffield]] || 28.971 || 33.528 ||align="right" | 24,399
|-
| [[Tees Valley Combined Authority|Tees Valley]] || || 14.241 || 16.346 ||align="right" | 24,103
|-
| [[West Midlands Combined Authority|West Midlands]] || [[Birmingham]] || 70.961 || 79.076 ||align="right" | 27,117
|-
| [[West of England Combined Authority|West of England]] || [[Bristol]] || 34.110 || 37.571 ||align="right" | 39,371
|-
| [[West Yorkshire Combined Authority|West Yorkshire]] || [[Leeds]] || 60.137 || 67.607 ||align="right" | 28,769
|}