Since becoming Mayor, helping our regions homeless was one of my top priorities. I'm pleased that progress is continuing to be made on this issue so that the most vulnerable people in our region can access support.
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street is challenging the creative minds leading a West Midlands revolution in TV and film to win an Oscar or a Bafta for the region within five years.
The future of Dudley looks bright thanks to £1 billion of investment – embracing a reborn town centre, better transport links, rejuvenated leisure facilities and pioneering technology that will bring jobs for local people.
Dudley Council is improving the lives of local people, by pouring millions of pounds into fixing up roads and creating first-class leisure facilities for the area.
I've worked with the council and local leaders to attract £ 1 billion of investment in the area.
I will continue to win Government funding to deliver my ‘brownfield first’ policy across the Black Country – to protect key parts of the Green Belt, especially around the Halesowen, Stourbridge and Sedgley areas.
It's been over a year since I unveiled my ambitious Transport Plan, which depicted how our towns and cities will need to be linked in the coming decades, and we've already made huge progress.