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The long-awaited West Yorkshire devolution deal is even more important now than when it was signed because the promised funding will be vital to help the area’s economic recovery, it is claimed.

Council bosses met online today to discuss the £1.8bn deal transferring powers and funding from Westminster, the announcement of which was described as “seeming like a lifetime ago.”

On March 10, during its Budget announcements, the Government revealed it would finally be signing off on a devolution deal for West Yorkshire that would see a new mayor installed and central powers instead now made locally.

This is why a West Yorkshire devolution deal has taken so long to arrive

West Yorkshire devolution 'now even more vital to aid county's economy recovery'