The Birmingham Post reveals the real reason why Telford & Wrekin Council left the city region. and it was nothing to do with changing statutory requirements for membership causing them to reconsider.
Telford was forced out because the city region wants its independence and statutory powers and it can’t have them if Telford is a member [...]
I would love to have been a fly on the wall in Simon Murphy’s office today when he got the call from Telford & Wrekin Council announcing that they were leaving his city region quango with immediate effect.
A week ago to this day I wrote an email to the leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, [...]
When the City Region was established the taxpayer was told it was a benign organisation, a simple collaboration between local auhorities.
West Midlands NO! pointed out that the architects of the City Region harboured ambitions for tax raising powers but we were told that this wasn’t the case. We said that it would take decision making [...]
