The scheme is being backed by Wyre Forest District Council, Bromsgrove District Council and Redditch Borough Council.

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They are: Dudley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Rugby, Sandwell, Shropshire, South Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Telford and Wrekin, Walsall, Wolverhampton and Wyre Forest.

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Wyre Forest MP Richard Taylor is the only current member of Parliament to be elected as an Independent.

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