The first elections for a new East Midlands Mayor are expected to take place in 2024
One of the council leaders behind the £1.14 billion East Midlands devolution deal says he is not "100% in favour" of the new mayoral role for the region that it will create. David Mellen, the Labour leader of Nottingham City Council, was one of four who signed the agreement in the summer which will hand more money and powers to Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire councils.
But when asked whether he would be interested in the role, David Mellen told Nottinghamshire Live: "No. It's the way that things are working at the moment. I'm not 100% in favour of the Mayor but certainly the way the Government offered this, doing this at what is called Level 3 which involves the Mayor involves significantly more money than any other level so being responsible for the people of Nottingham, I couldn't turn that down.
But Ben Bradley has said that the Mayor role was needed for the funding to be given to the new East Midlands authority, which under the current proposal will see £38 million going to it every year for the next 30 years. Councillor Bradley said: "The key principle for me is that the Government is quite clear, unless you have what they deem to be an accountable person and structure to have funding, then you get nothing.
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