Original sentence: The idea of elected mayors has been mooted to give the City Regions some democratic legitimacy
Edited sentence: The City Region proposals are currently being kept secret with the intention of being published once they have been approved by the UK government.The cabinet of the City Regions will be unelected, as is the case for the rest of the regional bureaucracy in England.The idea of elected mayors has been mooted to give the City Regions the appearance of being a democratic body