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A view across towards Addlebrough, a fell in Wensleydale in North Yorkshire. The Local Government Minister Simon Hall has confirmed the Government's preferred option is for a metro major to be elected to oversee a new unitary authority in North Yorkshire. (Photo: James Hardisty)

Government confirms that North Yorkshire is poised to get a metro mayor

Mayors Tracy Brabin and Dan Jarvis during a meeting at Yorkshire Sculpture Park.

Ministers must not bypass mayors over levelling up – The Yorkshire Post says

A metro mayor with powers over transport, housing and adult education will be elected in West Yorkshire next week, joining Dan Jarvis who is currently Yorkshire's only other metro mayor.

This is why the Government's Devolution White Paper has still not been published

In a letter this month to Bradford council leader Susan Hinchcliffe, Luke Hall, Minister for Regional Growth and Local Government, said he was "delighted" to have received the Keighley and Shipley Town Investment Plans back in February. Pic: Tony Johnson

Yorkshire council praised for leadership weeks after being labelled 'too slow'

Talks between political leaders in Hull and the East Riding and the Government over a possible devolution deal are not likely to start until after May's local elections, a Minister has revealed.

Hull and East Riding devolution talks 'won't start until after May elections'

Devolution photocall with the leaders of the local councils, Granary Wharf, Leeds. Pictured from the left are Shabir Pandor (kirklees Council Leader), Tim Swift (Calderdale) Susan Hinchcliffe (Bradford) Judith Blake (Leeds) and Denise Jeffery (Wakefield). Photo: Simon Hulme

£38m-a-year devolution deal for West Yorkshire to become law

A senior councillor has urged Ministers to consider creating a new authority covering the entire population of North Yorkshire and York as part of their controversial local government reforms. Pic: James Hardisty

One council for all of North Yorkshire and York suggested by senior councillor

Hull City Council leader Steve Brady. Photo: JPI Media

Council leaders in Hull and the East Riding submit £1.6bn devolution proposal

Hull West and Hessle Labour MP Emma Hardy. Photo: House of Commons

'When the North prospers, the nation prospers' - Ministers quizzed on Yorkshire ...

In rural areas, a lack of affordable housing can contribute to homelessness

Rural homelessness rises 85 per cent in a year