Business
AWM under threat as critics gain key Cabinet posts
B'ham Post 13 May 10
Regional agencies offering support to industry face the axe after David Cameron appointed their most vocal critic to take charge of local government.
The new Prime Minister named Eric Pickles – who once called for regional development agencies (RDAs) to face the guillotine – as the man responsible for reorganising local government.
And one of his first tasks is set to be devolving the power and funding of the RDAs to local authorities…