The Taxpayers Alliance has heaped criticism on Regional Development Agencies and singled out AWM for its terrible performance on job creation.
RDA’s have been around for 10 years and received £15.3bn in funding from the taxpayer yet more jobs were created in the 10 years prior to RDA’s taking responsibility for job creation despite it being the [...]
The Chairmen of 6 regional assemblies - including the West Midlands Regional Assembly - have written a letter to the Times calling for them to be allowed to make regional policy even though their quango is being abolished.
Nothing wrong with suggesting that of course, but it is the dishonesty that shows just how desperate they [...]
According to the Times, Gordon Brown is planning to create a network of London-type mayors in the “English regions” to combat Englishness and promote the Britishness agenda he has become obsessed since being parachuted into the post of Prime Minister without a mandate.
England has always been considered expendable by the Labour Party, hence their willingness to embrace [...]
The Midhurst & Petworth Observer reports that West Sussex County Council has decided to withdraw from the South East of England Regional Assembly (SEERA), the equivalent of West Midlands Regional Assembly (WMRA) in the south west euroregion.
West Sussex County Council leader, Councillor Henry Smith, said that from 2009 the £31,612 annual subscription to SERA would [...]
