Local Councillor Simon Galton has written to Vince Cable, Business Secretary in the Coalition Government to suggest that the East Midlands Regional Development Agency (EMDA) be closed to save money. Cllr Simon Galton believes that the closure of EMDA, could contribute towards the savings local councils like Leicestershire have to make.
The Government have announced plans to ask Leicester and 11 other cities to hold a referendum on having an elected mayor.
Euro MP Bill Newton-Dunn joined The Lord Mayor and Mayoress of Leicester with local Councillor Dale Keeling in a Skape conversation between Hamilton Community College and North and South Middle School in Henderson, Kentucky, United States.
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