Sandwell Council has hailed a landmark ruling ordering the government to fully explain why it axed a schools’ modernisation programme.
The Information Commissioner has said it is in the public interest for details to be released about why Sandwell’s £125m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) was ended.
The move comes almost 18 months after the council made a Freedom of Information request about why funding was refused for BSF, affecting nine schools due for rebuilds or revamps.