Members of Norfolk County Council's Conservative-controlled cabinet will consider whether to accept the Labour government's deal to transfer powers to the two counties.

Norfolk County Council's County Hall headquarters(Image: Mike Page)

The deal would give powers for issues such as transport, housing, jobs and adult education from Whitehall to Norfolk and Suffolk, along with a 30-year multi-million pound investment fund.

But the deal is contingent on the creation of an elected mayor for Norfolk and Suffolk, to be elected next May, who would head up a new county combined authority, also including Norfolk and Suffolk councillors.

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