Why is North Yorkshire getting a Mayor ? On 1 August 2022, ministers and local leaders signed a devolution deal for York and North Yorkshire. That deal devolved some powers to a new mayoral combined authority, headed by a mayor that will be elected in May 2024. In 2017 Devolution deal was put forward for all of Yorkshire. At that time South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire were allowed to have Mayors, but Ministers said that North Yorkshire didn’t form a coherent economic area. But under a Labour Government in 2004, devolution was also talked about with a Regional Assembly, something … Continue reading What’s the North Yorkshire Mayor all about ? (and why you should pay attention to it)