The vacant position for Chairman of the unelected regional development agency, Advantage West Midlands, will remain unfilled for a while longer after yet another favourite for the job pulled out for the leadership race.
Brian Woods-Scawen has pulled out of the leadership race after apparently getting frustrated with the drawn-out appointments process. He is currently [...]
The Commons Transport Committee has criticised the AWM-sponsored redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station saying that it is not convinced that the redeveloped station will be adequate for expected future use.
No matter how much money is spent on New Street Station, there is no realistic way of expanding the station any further because there is [...]
Harriet Harman, the Minister for Communities and Local Government, has hinted at forcing city regions to hold referenda on having a directly elected city regional mayor.
This is nothing more than a sticking plaster designed to deflect attention from the fact that city regions are wasteful, undemocratic quangos that the electorate simply does not want. The [...]
