North East could be the next region to get a directly elected mayor in new plans Posted on December 28, 2022 By Charlielikes Cabinet minister Michael Gove confirmed the plans as part of a new devolution deal, which will affect Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland and make a £1.4bn investment fund available – over 30 years news Tags:‘new, ‘a, ‘could, ‘plans, ‘to, be, directly, east, elected, get, in, mayor, news, next, north, region, the, topnews, trending