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North Midlands

Devolution details published for the first time as Government urged to seal the deal

The “size of the prize” of devolution for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire has been set out publicly in detail for the first time, as the region’s draft deal is published on Tuesday 5 January 2016.

The deal document, which sets out the final negotiating position of the Council and business leaders behind the bid, was sent to Chancellor George Osborne and Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark just before Christmas.

>>Find out more

>>A copy of the draft North Midlands Devolution Agreement is available to download here


Budget Consultation 2016/17

Nottingham City Council’s main Government grant is to be cut by £15.4m to £58.4m in 2016/17. The figure has halved in the last two years and has dropped by £102m over the past five years. The Council has announced budget proposals to make £20.5m of savings in the forthcoming year. You can give your views on the budget proposals via http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/budget16 where you can also find out about a series of public consultation meetings taking place across the city in January.

How to have your say - complete the online survey


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City Council reaches 50,000 followers on Twitter

The City Council set up the @MyNottingham account on social media network Twitter in January 2009 and has been steadily building up followers since then, tweeting more than 14,000 messages on a range of issues.

To join the 50,000 Nottingham City Council Twitter followers, go to www.twitter.com/MyNottingham. The City Council’s other social media accounts include facebook/mynottingham, youtube.com/NottCityCouncil and Instagram @MyNottingham.


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