LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Combined authority rejects mayor's power grab

Plans to transfer control of policing to the West Midlands Mayor have been scrapped following a vote by the combined authority.

By Naomi Larsson | 01 April 2019

Plans to transfer control of policing to the West Midlands Mayor have been scrapped following a vote by the combined authority.

Despite public support, the proposal put forward by Conservative mayor Andy Street was rejected by the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).

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