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May 2022
A devolution deal for North Yorkshire that includes a directly elected mayor could be reached by summer, according to the leader of the county council.
County council officials have met with senior civil servants after the government included a deal for the county as part of its levelling up white paper in February.
Cllr Carl Les, Conservative leader of North Yorkshire County Council, and Cllr Keith Aspden, Liberal Democrat leader of City of York Council, have also met with ministers to discuss devolution in North Yorkshire and York.
Council officials submitted a list of requests for devolved powers to government in December 2020 but negotiations were delayed by covid and the publication of the levelling up white paper.
In a statement to a full council meeting next week, Cllr Les will say that it is possible a deal could be reached by the parliamentary summer recess in July.
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