Hundreds of new jobs are set to be created in Bilston, when 15 acres of brownfield land is transformed into a new employment site, including industrial and distribution warehouse buildings.
As the defining issue of our time, we face tremendously tough decisions on how to tackle climate change. As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, we have worked hard to ensure the Black Country and the wider West Midlands is at the forefront of the green revolution.
Transport has always played an important role in the success of Black Country industry. The ability to move people and goods around helped establish the foundational industries here that drove the Industrial Revolution. After all, this is where steam power began.
I will lead The Great West Midlands Clean Up campaign, to clean up the region ahead of the Commonwealth Games in 2022.
After joining a community clean up of the Lapal Canal in Weoley Castle in Birmingham, where local volunteers were removing rubbish and taking it to the tip.
The latest attempt to build on the Green Belt around Wolverhampton is totally unnecessary.
Barratt Homes have revealed they want to build potentially 600 homes on Green Belt land at Pennwood in Wolverhampton, describing the cherished site as a “long-term opportunity”.
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.