Tees Valley Combined Authority
Combined authority for the Tees Valley under an elected mayor.
Created in April 2016, Tees Valley Combined Authority joins five councils under an elected mayor to manage devolved economic development, transport, skills and investment powers.
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Tees Valley Combined Authority is a partnership of Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees. It uses devolved powers and funding for economic development, transport, skills and investment across the five council areas. The five councils retain their local roles while exercising the devolved functions together.
The authority is led by an elected Tees Valley mayor and a Cabinet drawn from its member councils. Their leaders sit with the elected mayor in the Cabinet. It also heads a wider group that includes South Tees Development Corporation. That structure puts regional investment and regeneration bodies within one public governance and financial framework.
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