Simon Foster took legal action against Home Office’s move to scrap role and hand duties to regional mayor

The police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands has won a high court challenge against government plans to transfer his powers to the region’s mayor.

Simon Foster, a Labour politician, took legal action against the Home Office’s move to scrap his role in time for local elections in May.

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