Jonathan Walker B'ham Post 22 Jul 10

The West Midlands region is to be officially abolished, Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has announced.

Ministers have decided that the region, which brings together Birmingham, Solihull, the Black Country, Worcestershire, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Herefordshire, is to go…

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