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<p>(CBE) in the <a href="page.php?w=2022_New_Year_Honours">2022 New Year Honours</a> "for services to economic regeneration in the West Midlands", having previously been managing director of <a href="page.php?w=Transport_for_West_Midlands">Transport for West Midlands</a>.</p>

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<p>The abolition of the <a href="page.php?w=West_Midlands_County_Council">West Midlands County Council</a> in 1986 left the county without a single authority covering the whole area, although some council functions continued to be provided jointly, through</p><p>
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