The leaders of East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Hull City Council are to consider having an elected mayor as part of a new devolution deal.
Both have agreed to enter talks with government over a combined authority proposal. It would involve the two councils working together at a strategic level on agendas such as economic investment and transport, with the delivery of day-to-day services remaining the responsibility of each individual entity.
The option to include a mayor as part of a devolution deal would potentially see the East Riding and Hull, representing East Yorkshire, secure more funding from central Government, and would give each authority and the public more say in where the money was best spent to benefit residents.
