Plans for elected Yorkshire mayor move forward

Photo Credit - Yorkshire Evening Post

Plans have moved forward for Yorkshire to have an elected mayor.

A coalition of councils, named One Yorkshire, presented their case for devolution to Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid at a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group. Mr Javid stated the government would not stand in the way of a region-wide devolution deal.

Elected mayors wielding new powers are already in place in a number of city regions across the UK, including Greater Manchester, Liverpool and the West Midlands.

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