The West Midlands mayor should be handed the powers and responsibilities held by the police and crime commissioner, the current mayor, Andy Street, has told the home secretary.
Street, a Conservative, said crime in the region had “more than doubled” in the year to June 2023 and he had concluded “that enough is enough and crime in the West Midlands has now reached a point where something has to change”. He proposed that the transition should take place after the next mayoral election.
