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Writing ahead of the cabinet's June 13 meeting, Telford and Wrekin investment and business support chief Kathy Mulholland writes: "As an informal partnership the LEP has had no legal entity.

The LEP is set to host two further engagement sessions with local businesses and other key stakeholders over the coming months to discuss its Local Industrial Strategy.

Date with PM for chair of Local Enterprise group

The national LEP Review was also published on Tuesday.

Region has been in the spotlight for all the right reasons

Currently, the North East LEP and Combined Authority cover the same area.

MP report shares concerns over how partnerships work; Questions over LEPs fitting with Combined Authorities

She was chosen to sit on the LEP's board from 40 applicants and will join 19 other non-executive directors from across the private, public and educational sectors.

New LEP director creates UK first

Mr Hough, who turns 71 next month, has been chairman of the LEP since its formation in 2012 and prior to that he was chairman and director of the Northwest Development Agency for five years until it was abolished by the then in-coming Coalition government.

Hough is ready to 'pass on the baton' to a new LEP leader; Robert Hough Bill Gleeson meets Robert Hough who is about to retire from the Liverpool City Region LEP

The snub is the latest in a series of battles between the LEP and the North East Combined Authority.

Power struggle between those representing us

Opening the LEP Summit in London on Tuesday, Baroness Williams of Trafford, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, said: "LEPs have forged excellent relationships between local businesses and local government that have added significant economic value in local economies across England.

LEPs must be core of devolution evolution

Stephanie Burras, who chairs the LEP's employment and skills panel, said: "As a private sector representative and skills lead on the LEP board I am pleased to see businesses taking advantage of the LEP skills service offer and accessing funding support for training.

Employers invest in skills funding

"What is not fine is handing over to the LEP hundreds of millions of pounds and them then taking decisions and there being no public accountability.

Helen Goodman: LEPs are making decisions 'behind closed doors'; Labour MP for Bishop Auckland says the "half a dozens businesses" represented should be more accountable

Stewart Towe, chairman of the Black Country LEP, said: "Both major parties, Labour and the Conservatives, would like to see the urban core of the West Midlands working together in a combined authority.

New partnership 'to speak as one'

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English proficiency level among science students