Communities secretary Greg Clark has hinted he could back devolution in Leicestershire without enforcing a mayor.
Speaking at the Local Government Association conference, Mr Clark said he was ‘very impressed’ with a devolution bid from Leicester and Leicestershire which is understood to lack proposals for a directly elected mayor.
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