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Council leaders have agreed to spend £135,000 on staff to develop a combined authority - despite the deal still not being signed off. Sources have told the Post that the devolution project for the North Midlands, bringing together 19 councils from across Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire under one umbrella, is going to get the green light on March 4 from central government. But some politicians have raised concerns about putting in more money to a proposal that has yet to be set in...