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Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, or Sandwell Council, is the local authority of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell in the West Midlands, England. It is a metropolitan borough council and provides the majority of local government services in the borough. The council has been a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority since 2016.
The town hall was the headquarters of the county borough of West Bromwich and initially remained the local seat of government after Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council was formed in 1974. [8] [9] However, the council moved to a modern facility, known as Sandwell Council House, in Freeth Street in Oldbury in 1989. [10]
West Bromwich (/ ˈ b r ɒ m ɪ tʃ / ⓘ BROM-itch), commonly known as West Brom, is a market town in the borough of Sandwell, in the county of the West Midlands, England. Historically part of Staffordshire , it is 7 miles (11 kilometres) northwest of Birmingham .
A review into the future of the recycling centre was proposed in late 2024 [Cheltenham Borough Council] There are calls to delay the closure of a tip as local councils face a major reorganisation.
Toggle Former county council subsection. 2.1 West Midlands. ... West Bromwich Central (3) Solihull. Wards from 1 April 1974 (first election 10 May 1973) ...
The former Conservative council leader Kevin Davis said that the comparison with Northamptonshire was "just rubbish" and that the council's finances were fine. [ 95 ] In September 2023, Surrey Heath Borough Council 's Liberal Democrat administration which had come into power at the 2023 elections warned that the local authority could be ...
Sandwell's Strategic Town Centre is designated as West Bromwich, the largest town in the borough, while Sandwell Council House (the headquarters of the local authority) is situated in Oldbury. In 2019 Sandwell was ranked 12th most deprived of England's 317 boroughs.
The abolition of the West Midlands County Council in 1986 left the county without a single authority covering the whole area, although some council functions continued to be provided jointly, through the West Midlands Joint Committee, the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority, West Midlands Police (initially under the oversight of the West Midlands Police Authority and currently ...