'Lexit looming': MP James Grundy reveals when proposal for Leigh's exit from Wigan could be on the table
manchestereveningnews.co.ukLeigh’s MP James Grundy has given a timeline for his Lexit proposal which he hopes to be ready to put forward before the next general election.
Lexit is the name given to the plan for Leigh’s exit from the Wigan borough. Mr Grundy is a supporter of the separation from Wigan and even gathered support from Prime Minister Boris Johnson back in November 2021.
Leigh has been part of the Wigan borough since the local government reorganisation in 1974, but the grumblings about the town losing its identity to its larger neighbour since then have never gone away.
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Boris Johnson promised to do 'anything he can' to help his Conservative colleague's bid to 'escape' the control of Wigan following Mr Grundy’s question as to what could be done. READ MORE: New traffic restrictions brought in following completion of housing development in Salford The Leigh MP is currently in discussion with Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, over Lexit and has stated that the talks were positive - but in an early stage. “There has been a long standing feeling that Wigan Council does not care about the Leigh end of the borough,” Mr Grundy said. “It has been going on for years before I got elected and I think there is some truth to it.
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