Joint east Midlands mayor plan would ‘consign Leicestershire to division two’
by Jessica Murray from on (#638PY)
Devolution deal for joint mayor of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire criticised for excluding neighbouring county
Leaders in Leicestershire have expressed anger at the region being excluded from a first of its kind devolution deal for the east Midlands, saying it will be relegated to the second division".
On Tuesday, plans for a groundbreaking devolution deal between Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire were announced, which would see the areas grouped as a Mayoral Combined County Authority (MCCA), led by one mayor, and which would receive 1.14bn funding over 30 years.
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