Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine has called for power over housing, skills and jobs to be handed to metro mayors in order to kick-start the devolution agenda.
In a report commissioned by the West Midlands Combined Authority he says combined authorities should take on responsibility for affordable housing, school performance and employment training.
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