"I wanted road safety fines to be reinvested in region" says Police and Crime Commissioner

Calls for money raised through speeding tickets to be spent on funding road safety schemes in the West Midlands have been rejected.

West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Simon Foster had asked the Department for Transport (DfT) to allow the annual income of more than £1.6 million to be given back to the region rather than going into a general pot at the Treasury.