West Midlands to get elected mayor under Combined Authority agreement

Posted on 17 Nov 2015 by Callum Bentley

The West Midlands will have its own elected mayor in 2017 following a "historic" devolution agreement announced today.

Members of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) met with Chancellor George Osborne and Business Secretary Sajid Javid at The Institute for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering’s manufacturing hub in Coventry today to pledge their support to an agreement that will unlock more than £1bn in Government investment and result in the appointment of a metro-mayor.…

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