Nottinghamshire County Council is to return to a leader and cabinet model of decision-making away from its current committee system in May. A meeting of the full council voted unanimously to make the switch after a 90-minute debate.
The council has operated a committee-style model since 2012. But it announced proposals last year to work towards a stronger model of decision making used in local government, which is driven by a cabinet rather than multiple smaller committees.
The county council is making the move in anticipation of a devolution deal, linking up with councils in Derbyshire, Derby and Nottingham, to move to a directly-elected mayor and combined authority set-up in the East Midlands. A template as to how that will work went to the Government last week.
