(10 May 2024, 3:52 pm)markydh wrote He’ll still be in the NECA cabinet, chaired by Kim of course, but he won’t be taking a portfolio as it were. And Kim is the one ultimately responsible for public transport,  so whilst most NECA decisions require majority consent from the cabinet, she and her office will be taking the lead on this. In the short term, the cabinet will be continuing with the pre-existing arrangement of NEXUS dealing with Tyne & Wear, with decisions re: Northumberland and County Durham delegated to the local authority. However, I’d be amazed if this arrangement stays longer term and equally amazed if NEXUS still exists in its current form by the end of her Mayoral term.

Where has that decision came from? There's 7 portfolios and 7 council leaders, which I was led to believe would be allocated portfolios at the next meeting. This was to allow all Councils to hold their AGMs first.

Kim arguably knows less about public transport than Gammon. I don't think she's been on a bus or Metro without a film crew there?

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