Leigh’s MP James Grundy has given a timeline for his Lexit proposal which he hopes to be ready to put forward before the next general election. Lexit is the name given to the plan for Leigh’s exit from the Wigan borough.
Mr Grundy is a supporter of the separation from Wigan and even gathered support from Prime Minister Boris Johnson back in November 2021. Leigh has been part of the Wigan borough since the local government reorganisation in 1974, but the grumblings about the town losing its identity to its larger neighbour since then have never gone away.
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Boris Johnson promised to do 'anything he can' to help his Conservative colleague's bid to 'escape' the control of Wigan following Mr Grundy’s question as to what could be done.
