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The EMCCA Team (Credit: Marketing Derby)

EMCCA welcomes extra powers after government grants new status

The East Midlands Combined County Authority has welcomed additional powers after the Government granted it new status. As an Established Mayoral Strategic Authority (EMSA), EMCCA now has the right to request new powers and responsibilities. It also unlocks the ability for EMCCA to apply for a more flexible, integrated funding settlement – meaning greater local control over funding and decisions, rather than managing multiple separate funding streams. Mayor of the East Midlands, Claire Ward, the figurehead of EMCCA, said: “This is a major milestone […]

11 August 2026

Derbyshire

Major progress made on Mayor’s brownfield plan to deliver new homes

More families, young people and key workers will be able to access affordable homes in their local communities with the Mayor of the East Midlands' brownfield regeneration plan is on track to deliver more than 1,000 properties. The Brownfield Housing Fund (BHF) programme is already supporting the delivery of 1,765 homes across the region over the next four years, with thousands more expected through the first three phases of the scheme. The fund will help meet housing demand while transforming […]

20 July 2026 30

Cricket

Sports consortium set to drive East Mids growth with generation lead role

The Trent Sports District is set to become a major driver of growth for Nottingham and the wider East Midlands - forming a key part of the Trent Arc plan led by the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA). Built around one of the UK’s strongest clusters of sports, leisure and waterfront assets, the District will bring these strengths together to support regeneration, attract investment and create a better-connected place for residents, visitors and businesses. Property and construction consultancy Gleeds […]

20 May 2026 34

Mayor Claire Ward Launches Her Big Transport Conversation in November 2025. Image from EMCCA.

News

Regional Mayor £9,300+ spend on “luxury, executive, premium and high-end” chauffeurs in the past year

The Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Mayor has spent more than £9,300 on “luxury, executive, premium and high-end” chauffeurs in the past year. Newly provided data from the East Midlands Combined County Authority shows Claire Ward, the region’s mayor, who has a salary of £93,000 and extra allowances, spent £9,328 on chauffeuring services between March 2025 and February 2026. In October, the Mayor took on duties for public transport across Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, which have now been passed over from […]

19 May 2026 18

Mayor of Erewash, Cllr Harry Atkinson visiting France as part of the tour (Credit: EBC)

Borough Wide

Mayor’s 3-wheel tour is boost no.2 for Scouts

A mad-cap three-wheel charity stunt by Erewash’s Mayor has given a second boost to the thriving local Scouts movement – hot on the heels of a council grant making a “massive difference” for hundreds of the organisation’s big-hearted and adventurous youngsters. Jubilant civic head Cllr Harry Atkinson last month raised money for the 1st Sawley Scouts by completing a 2,000-mile grand tour of the borough’s three twin towns in a pal’s Reliant Robin. He was sponsored to the tune of […]

15 May 2026 59

Mayor Cllr Harry Atkinson taking to the river

Borough Wide

Mayor supports rowing club expansion

A rowing club that was launched 15 years ago as the only one in Erewash has thanked the borough council for backing it with a £3,438 grant amid a continuing boom in membership. The popularity of the Devil’s Elbow Rowing Club had led to it running out of space to store boats until it asked the town hall for help. Mayor Cllr Harry Atkinson championed its application for a grant so more craft can be kept on new racks outside […]

10 March 2026 60

mayor

EMCCA welcomes extra powers after government grants new status

Major progress made on Mayor’s brownfield plan to deliver new homes

Sports consortium set to drive East Mids growth with generation lead role

Regional Mayor £9,300+ spend on “luxury, executive, premium and high-end” chauffeurs in the past year

Mayor’s 3-wheel tour is boost no.2 for Scouts

Mayor supports rowing club expansion

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