The appointment means that EMCCA is the only Mayoral combined authority in the country with two women in its most senior roles. “Claire [Ward, the East Midlands’ first directly-elected mayor ...

The new combined authority for the East Midlands now has a spending budget of £160 million – seven times more than last year. As it looks ahead to its first full financial year with an elected ...

Labour is aiming to build more than 10,000 houses in the East Midlands Combined County Authority area, new figures show. It is part of an effort to build 1.5 million new homes in England by 2029.

Four council leaders have proposed working with the government to create an East Midlands combined authority, LGC has learned. Nottinghamshire CC leader Ben Bradley (Con) said he, together with the ...