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 [...]
The Shropshire Star had another story the other day (not available online) highlighting the disastrous regionalisation of the Ambulance Service control rooms in the West Midlands euroregion.
West Midlands NO! predicted at the time that closing control rooms in the name of regionalisation would cost lives and that prediction is coming true.
I have had personal experience [...]
Advantage West Midlands, the unelected Regional Development Agency, has launched an appeal against the registration of former railway land in Oswestry as a village green.
An inquiry held in October 2005 found that the land had been used for leisure purposes as of right for over 20 years so local residents registered it as a village [...]
