Metro mayor Dan Norris accused a council leader of living in a parallel universe and having “delusions of grandeur” as tensions again spilled over in public, sparking calls for a truce to stop the region “suffering”.
Tory Cllr Toby Savage, who leads South Gloucestershire Council, took the unprecedented step of attending the West of England Combined Authority (Weca) overview & scrutiny committee on Monday, January 24, because he had been “refused” prior access to reports he will be voting on this week.
Cllr Savage said it was his first chance to ask questions and get details about the decisions he will make with Mr Norris, Bristol mayor Marvin Rees and Bath & North East Somerset Council leader Cllr Kevin Guy at Weca committee on Friday (January 28), including budgets with hundreds of millions of pounds.
