Petition · past parliament

Hold a local referendum to scrap the West Midlands Combined Authority and Mayor

Closed 66 signatures

What the petition asks

Devolution of powers to the WMCA with a £28.2bn deficit in the tax revenues to pay for them will result in huge cuts to public services including NHS cuts of £1bn for care of the chronically sick and further NHS cuts equivalent to 3 hospitals.
WMCA is transfer of power to the European Commission.
Details of proposed spending cuts http://www.icaew.com/en/about-icaew/newsroom/press-releases/2015-press-releases/regions-2015/reforming-super-council-to-rival-greater-manchester
Regionalisation is the end process in the transfer of power and sovereignty from National Government to the unelected European Commission as set out in their Europe 2020 strategy http://portal.cor.europa.eu/europe2020/SiteCollectionDocuments/Europe%202020%20Handbook%20for%20Local%20and%20Regional%20Authorities.pdf

Timeline

28 Aug 2015 Petition opened for signatures
28 Feb 2016 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 66
Status Closed
Opened 28 Aug 2015
Closed 28 Feb 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.