'We have to beg for every little bit of funding': Mayor

Mayors Sue Moore and Steven Reynolds have reiterated calls for a Hunter statutory body. Picture supplied

Singleton major Sue Moore says it is "frustrating" to see the cash and attention lavished on western Sydney while the Hunter is left to "grovel and beg" for every scrap of funding.

Cr Moore and Muswellbrook mayor Steven Reynolds called on the NSW government on Wednesday to establish a statutory body to support the Hunter's economic transition.