Nuneaton and Bedworth council to join West Midlands authority

Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council voted to join

Nuneaton and Bedworth councillors have voted in favour of joining the new West Midlands Combined Authority.

Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton authorities want more devolved powers from the government.

The borough council decided on Wednesday to become involved in a way that means working together on some projects but independently on others.

On Tuesday Tamworth borough councillors voted in favour of joining.

Proposals for the combined authority were submitted to the government earlier this month.

The government would then carry out its own consultation process from November until January, a spokesman for the combined authorities has said.

Council leaders have previously said the combined authority, which could serve four million people, would help attract hundreds of millions of pounds worth of investment.