George Osborne was in Coventry today to sign off the West Midlands devolution deal. All that remains now is to convince councillors from across the political divide that a metro
West Midlands council leaders have finally reached a metro mayor devolution agreement with the Government which they say is worth £8 billion over 30 years and will create 500,000 new
Chris Game asks who is telling porkies and treating us like children when it comes to putting devolution deals together. On Monday, as part of its inquiry into the Cities
The Government has underlined its commitment to elected metro mayors at the heart of devolution for English city regions. An attempt by the House of Lords to amend the Cities
The North East of England is the latest region to reach a devolution agreement with the Government. But council leaders locally are playing down any expectation of an early breakthrough
Sir Albert Bore’s long career at the head of Birmingham city council is over. He is to stand down as leader in December after it became clear he had lost
The one thing that stands out from a draft devolution agreement submitted to the Treasury by council leaders is that the West Midlands combined authority will be led by a
The West Midlands passenger transport executive Centro is to be abolished 46 years after it was formed to run the region’s buses and trains. Staff will be transferred to jobs
The shadow West Midlands combined authority said it was keeping an open mind on whether the region should have an elected metro mayor as it submitted a wide-ranging £8 billion
The West Midlands will probably have to accept a metro mayor if it is to get the best possible devolution deal from the Government, the leader of the region’s shadow