West Midlands NO! Campaign

Discarding RDAs will benefit local people
Dear Sir,
David Bailey criticises Tory proposals to strip Regional Development Agencies of their powers - claiming that this won’t help the West Midlands economy and will inevitably lead to a recentralisation of policy-making and delivery in London.
This couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, it is not Tory proposals [...]

The Birmingham Post is claiming that a Tory plan to strip Regional Development Agencies of some of their powers will damage the economy of the West Midlands and centralise decision making.
This is absolute nonsense. Removing the regional quangocracy will empower local communities, increase democratic accountability in the decision-making process and could provide a [...]