West Midlands PCC wins case to stop his role being given to Tory mayor | West Midlands
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner has won a High Court challenge to the Government’s plans to transfer his powers to the region’s mayor. Labor politician Simon Foster has taken legal action against Home Office moves to abolish his role in time for local elections in May. His powers over local police will be […]
West Midlands PCC applies for judicial review over scrapping of his role | Police and crime commissioners
The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has announced that she will take the Home Secretary to court over plans to abolish her role and transfer powers to the region’s mayors. Simon Foster, who took up the West Midlands PCC job in 2021, said he had applied for a judicial review to challenge what […]