Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the major £1.5 billion agreement with the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) in the Budget earlier this month.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2023/03/27/councillors-in-wolverhampton-asked-to-thank-west-midlands-mayor-for-securing-devolution-deal/

Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street gets work underway to restore the ponds at Reedswood Park in Walsall with representatives from WMCA, the Froglife Trust, Walsall Council and members of the local community.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/walsall/2023/05/08/neglected-park-area-to-get-new-life-after-being-awarded-grant/

She proposed an amendment that any work undertaken by officers to look at possibly joining the WMCA, should be from the basis of a two-tier authority, as they are now.

Source: https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/local-news/warwickshire-joining-wcma-like-baking-27316007

THE YCA work with the Positive Youth Foundation (PYF) serving as a delivery partner to have their say on policies at the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

Source: https://solihullobserver.co.uk/news/the-hunt-is-on-for-the-next-generation-of-policy-makers/

They claim any expansion of the WMCA will see cash taken away from deprived areas such as the Black Country and ploughed into the wealthy shires.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2023/05/01/is-expanding-the-west-midlands-a-case-of-strength-in-numbers-or-a-grab-of-votes/

Though I would be on WMCA for seven years, and later WOR for two more, I never, ever had that kind of rudeness again.

Source: https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/15/iconic-jewish-theatre-and-film-producer-julian-schlossberg-reveals-all-in-new-memoir/