The mayor of the west midlands has accused the skills minister Andrea Jenkyns of speaking against government policy by suggesting more monitoring and analysis is needed before agreeing to devolve any more funding.
According to the Local Government Chronicle, Jenkyns last night said she was “not a proponent of elected mayors” and said she wanted to see that adult education powers are “being well used first, before giving more [money] away”.
Andy Street, a fellow conservative, who has led the West Midlands Combined Authority as mayor since 2017, delivered a scathing response at the Conservative Party this afternoon.
