TomNorton published Plans to combine Notts councils would threaten local identity,...

Critics claim plans to create a combined authority for Nottinghamshire will lead to local areas losing their identity.The plans are up for consultation and would see all nine councils in the county working more closely together on planning and transport.Advocates of the proposals say the deal could bring in more money from Government, but others have called them "the thin end of the wedge".David Watts, leader of the Liberal Democrats on Broxtowe Borough Council, said he believed the...