{"id":4300,"date":"2015-07-08T15:59:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T15:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolverhamptonlabour.com\/?p=4300"},"modified":"2015-07-08T15:59:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T15:59:29","slug":"chancellor-backs-new-west-midlands-combined-authority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/news\/chancellor-backs-new-west-midlands-combined-authority\/","title":{"rendered":"Chancellor backs new West Midlands Combined Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dev.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/WMCA.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4301 imgborder\" title=\"WMCA\" src=\"http:\/\/dev.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/WMCA-300x71.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/WMCA-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/WMCA.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two days after the West Midlands Combined Authority launched its plans to become an economic powerhouse the Chancellor, George Osborne, gave it his personal backing in his budget statement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the July 8 budget the Chancellor stated:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government strongly supports the recent publication of a West Midlands Statement of Intent for devolution, which sets out ambitious proposals for a strong and coherent West Midlands Combined Authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Councillor Darren Cooper, Leader of Sandwell Council and spokesperson for the WMCA, welcomed the Chancellor\u2019s comments.\u00a0 He said:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted with the Chancellor\u2019s commitment in his budget to \u2018devolve powers to the West Midlands\u2019. \u00a0This will help us grow the economy faster, not just across three LEP geography of our Combined Authority, but also as part of the wider Midlands Engine.\u00a0 We are setting up the new West Midlands Combined Authority to show that we are fully committed to agreeing a devolution deal that will help close the \u00a316b productivity gap in our region &#8211; and drive growth, reform and prosperity for local people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Two days after the West Midlands Combined Authority launched its plans to become an economic powerhouse the Chancellor, George Osborne, gave it his personal backing in his budget statement. In the July 8 budget the Chancellor stated: \u201cThe government strongly supports the recent publication of a West Midlands Statement of Intent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4300\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wolverhamptonlabour.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}