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Devolution for Greater Lincolnshire is to go ahead, bringing together North East Lincolnshire, North Lincolnshire, and Lincolnshire County Council together as the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority.
It’s expected that devolution will progress through its final legislative stage to allow the forming of the new authority before the Mayoral election next May.
The Leader of North East Lincolnshire Council, Cllr Philip Jackson said: “I am sure I share the sentiments of the Leaders of Lincolnshire County Council and North Lincolnshire Council, when I say this is the best possible news we could have hoped for. Months and months of dedicated hard work and effort has been put into creating a vision for Greater Lincolnshire that will offer a cohesive approach – allowing this region to grow and prosper.
“Our deal was supported by the last Government with millions of pounds of funding agreed to be devolved down to our new Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority to ensure we would be able to truly invest in our key priority areas, which will underpin our positive way forward.
“I am therefore delighted that Greater Lincolnshire devolution continues to have the support of the country’s new Government and I now look forward to continuing
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