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 “left” - the rest of the city region asked Telford to leave because it was stopping them from getting new powers.
The Birmingham Post actually quotes the unelected Dictator Director of the city region quango, Simon Murphy, saying that civil servants had insisted Telford & Wrekin leave the city region if they wanted all these lovely extra powers. So why is the city region’s website telling a different story?
The Borough of Telford and Wrekin has announced that is has left the City Region partnership. Telford Councillor Eric Carter informed a special City Region Board meeting on 23rd February of the decision stating that it followed comments made by David Cameron at the launch of the Conservative Party Green Paper on Local government in Coventry on 18th February. The decision is also related to the City Region’s submission for the devolution of economic development powers.
When a quango has no democratic mandate they have to spin like mad to try and present themselves positively. When a quango isn’t accountable to the electorate they can get away with blatantly lying, like they have on their website.
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