West Midlands NO! Campaign

Advantage West Midlands (AWM), the unelected regional development agency, has made the biggest single “investment” of any of England’s regional development agencies by putting £100m into the refurbishment of New Street Station.
The refurbishment is costing the taxpayer £400m but will not increase the capacity of the station.  Because the approach to Birmingham New Street is below ground, […]

Mark Heenan, a Councillor at Stafford Borough Council, is complaining that the unelected West Midlands Regional Assembly is dictating to the council how many houses and how much office and industrial space must be built in Stafford.
This is a common complaint that we hear from councillors - they resent having to follow dictats from unelected […]