Public consultation on £1.14 billion East Midlands devolution plan begins

A public consultation over devolution plans for Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire has begun. It comes after leaders of Derbyshire County Council, Nottinghamshire County Council, Derby City Council, and Nottingham City Council all signed up to work on a devolution deal in August this year.

David Mellen, Leader of Nottingham City Council, said: “This deal has the potential to make a significant difference and local people would see the real benefits from the investment with more and better jobs, housing, training and much more. Ben Bradley MP, Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council, said: “It’s great news that we’re moving forward with devolution plans for Nottinghamshire and the wider area. I’m really pleased that we’re making progress with this.

“Devolution can help us be more effective locally, make better use of public money, and most importantly, improve people’s lives. It would lay the groundwork for us to build on in the future, to benefit future generations. I’d encourage everyone to take part in the consultation and give us their views on the devolution deal.”

More waste of public funds just to satisfy Conservative ego’s

The last thing Nottingham needs is another layer of well paid bureaucrats with more power, it's taxes are far to high, it's lost 40+m of public money and no one was held accountable. It's a disaster.

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