A has questioned whether the new Greater Combined County Authority (GLCCA) will be able to complete its work programme this autumn. Coun Rebecca Longbottom (Labour) said she was ‘concerned’ that the combined authority wouldn’t be able to complete all of the policies it has planned for the next few months.

The city councillor, speaking as a Lincoln Castle ward member, raised her concerns at a GLCCA audit committee meeting on August 29. The combined authority – which brings together all of the area’s councils – was established earlier this year and is led by Greater Lincolnshire (Reform UK).

Councillors approved amendments to the combined authority’s constitution, its internal audit plan and charter and also considered its work programme. The GLCCA is currently working on a Local Transport

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