Budget holds the key to improved transport
Alistair Darling will announce this week whether or not the West Midlands will become a City Region, allowing it to get cash for urgently-needed transport improvements costing up to £1 billion.
City council leader Mike Whitby delivered a final plea to the Chancellor to back the project today, saying up [...]
Yesterday saw the first day of the new unitary authority in Shropshire following the abolition of the county’s five districts.
This experiment in regionalisation went ahead after referenda were held in three of the five districts, all of which resulted in an overwhelming rejection of the plans. Shropshire County Council sent their proposal on the day [...]
In February Telford & Wrekin left the City Region of Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country.
At the time Andrew Eade, the leader of Telford & Wrekin Council, said that he had made the decision because it was in the best interests of the borough. The Birmingham Post revealed the real reason why Telford & Wrekin [...]
