Plans to thrash out devolution deals for the South West form part of Michael Gove's Levelling Up plans unveiled today.
Cornwall, Devon, Plymouth and Torbay will be among nine areas to be the first to negotiate new 'County Deals' in a bid to close the gap between the richest and poorest areas of the UK.
But business leaders have criticised the lack of cash for the region with big questions yet to be answered on how any new structure would work.
