Region enters new era of investment as Combined Authority approves key funding

HULL and East Yorkshire has entered a new era as the new Combined Authority's Executive Board has approved a number of funding streams from central government.

- By ANDREW SPENCE

The Executive Board sat today for the first time since Reform UK’s Luke Campbell was elected as Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire earlier this month. The board itself had its first meeting in March.

The meeting then was largely a procedural affair and saw the approval of the authority’s constitution and budget, as well as appointing individuals to various positions.

The board met again on Thursday, May 28, in Hessle, this time with the newly-elected Mr Campbell present, to approve funding initiatives for the likes of transport, adult skills, and renewables.

The meeting was attended by the Mayor, the leaders of both Hull City Council, Cllr Mike Ross, and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Cllr Anne Handley, as well as East Riding councillor Leo Hammond who, as the Deputy Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), sat on the board in the place of the absent Jonathan Evison, the PCC.

Mr Campbell, who said it was “a pleasure” to chair his first Executive Board, provided an update on his first few weeks on office. He spoke of his visit to the UK Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum (UKREiiF), a summit held in Leeds.