With the election to decide the first ever East Midlands Mayor just days away on May 2, here are the answers to some of the most common questions about the new East Midlands Combined County Authority: What is the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA)? It’s a new body set up by four councils to invest in homes, skills, transport and the environment across the region covered by Derbyshire, Derby, Nottinghamshire and Nottingham. It will be using new powers given to the region by government so decisions previously taken in Westminster will now be taken in the East Midlands. Why are we ge…