The Mayor has announced an additional 10,000 EV charging points will be built in the West Midlands 🔋 LEVI funding will provide more chargers and help reach net zero by 2041 💚 Over the past year, the region has seen a 36% increase in charging points 🔌

Richard met young people at Xcelerate with Edgbaston alongside Skills Minister Jacqui Smith. Xcelerate is a community learning hub aiming to boost a million career prospects by 2030 💼 So far, they’ve trained around 3,500 people - including Kundai, a Path 2 Apprenticeships participant 💪

"The uptake on the free travel has been fantastic, but we still need to do more to make the region's buses work better for local people." 🗣️ Richard on the Passenger Incentive Programme passing five million bus journeys in its first year 🚌 Read more: www.wmca.org.uk/news/mayor-s...

Wolverhampton will play host to the next Ask The Mayor 🗣️ 📅 Tuesday 29th April 📍 Mander Centre Community Hub, WV1 3NH 🎟️👇

Ask the Mayor Anything: Richard Parker Q&A - Wolverhampton

Ask the Mayor anything you want in regards to the West Midlands!

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Electric cargo vehicles are on trial at the University of Warwick that could replace petrol and diesel delivery vans 🚎 Funding from the West Midlands Innovation Programme is being used by the Last Mile Logistics Project to run tests 🔋

Mayor backs real world transport trials to help parcel deliveries go green

The Last Mile Logistics Project is one of more than 700 businesses supported with funded secured by the Mayor to help commercialise new products and technologies in healthcare, health diagnostics and ...

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The West Midlands Innovation Accelerator is getting a funding boost 💰 The additional £10 million will support even more of the region’s innovative businesses, researchers and entrepreneurs to grow the economy 🧑‍🔬

Richard was in Birmingham to commemorate the end of Ramadan ✨ The annual Eid prayers attract thousands of residents each year 🙏

🗣️ The next Ask The Mayor instalment is coming to Dudley! 📅 Tuesday 1st April ⏰ 6-7pm 📍 Black Country Living Museum, DY1 4AL 🎟️ 👇

Ask The Mayor Anything: Richard Parker Q&A - Dudley

Please join me for an informal Q&A at the Black Country Living Museum

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💼 The Mayor visited Colebridge Trust, who have helped 500 people gain confidence and skills needed to secure jobs and training opportunities. 🤝 The Trust has employed over 45 people from the local area, some who have faced challenges in the job market.

Mayor backs initiative to boost job prospects of hundreds of people in Solihull and Birmingham

Colebridge Trust has helped 500 people living gain the confidence and maths and digital skills needed to secure jobs and training opportunities, and directly employed over 45 people from the local are...

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🏡 A programme to upgrade some of the region’s dampest social housing will help improve the lives of thousands of families faced with a potential health hazard. 👥 The £15m Social Housing Decency Fund has made 8,000 individual improvements across the West Midlands. 👇 Details

Thousands of social homes treated for hazardous damp and mould

£15m Social Housing Decency Fund has fixed more than 4,400 of the region's dampest homes

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🧱 Thousands of bricks have been donated to provide Walsall College students with hands-on experience 💪 Persimmon Homes have committed to strengthening the industry’s future workforce

🗣️ "It is essential that we develop these sites, attracting investors and growing industries, to reignite the economic growth this region has long been waiting for." 📈 The Mayor on securing additional funding for three investment zones.

A new £100m manufacturing and logistics hub in Walsall will create around 1,000 jobs once completed 🔧

Mayor sees construction start on the £100m SPARK regeneration scheme

Huge manufacturing and logistics hub set to create 1,000 new jobs in Walsall

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🗣️ “The next two weeks are packed with even more incredible opportunities for businesses to connect and collaborate with each other and help drive our economy to the next level.” 💼 Richard Parker on the launch of the West Midlands Business Festival.

💼 Young people who are not in education, employment, or training are set to benefit from a new scheme designed to get them into work. 🆕 YouthPath will work alongside businesses to create career opportunities for the region’s young people.

You have until 5 March to recommend individual learners, educators, learning providers or employers for recognition at this year's Adult Learning Awards 🏆

A £21m funding package from the Government will improve cycling and walking routes in the West Midlands 🚶

The Mayor has secured funding worth filling 88,000 potholes across the West Midlands 🛣️

"This strategy marks the start of a new era of cleaner, more resilient and cheaper energy supplies to help our residents and businesses." The Mayor on the new Regional Energy Strategy⚡️

West Midlands to supercharge UK’s smart energy revolution

The new Regional Energy Strategy outlines the powers and funding needed to introduce cutting-edge technology and transform the way energy is generated, stored and used - with the long-term aim of chea...

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🗣️ “This redevelopment, backed by West Midlands Combined Authority investment, will ensure Edgbaston continues to attract top-tier cricket, thousands of visitors every year, and more jobs for local people.” 🏏 The Mayor on the confirmed redevelopment at Edgbaston Stadium👇

A historical site in Wolverhampton will see the creation of 93 social homes 🏠 Part funded by @WestMids_CA, the former SJ Dixon & Son premises will be converted to help address the housing shortage 👇

Landmark Wolverhampton building to be converted for new social housing

WMCA teams up with Homes England to make multi-million pound investment into final phase of Royal Quarter regeneration

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Construction has started on a brownfield site in Wolverhampton that will be transformed into over 530 energy-efficient homes, complemented by a range of new commercial and community amenities 🏠 The West Midlands Combined Authority has invested £20m into the scheme 👇

The next Ask the Mayor event is coming to Solihull 🚨 Your chance to talk about Richard's policies and priorities takes place on Wednesday 25th February at Solihull College Business Centre. 🎟️ 👇

Opportunity for Solihull residents to question Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands

Residents in Solihull are to get the chance to question Richard Parker, the Mayor of the West Midlands, about his policies and priorities at a face-to-face meeting.

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🏠 A £167 million energy efficiency fund will upgrade up to 10,000 of the oldest and coldest social, and privately-owned, homes in the region to make them warmer and cheaper to run. 👇More on the story below.

Mayor’s plan to improve living standards and cut energy bills for thousands of households

Up to 10,000 of the oldest and coldest social and privately-owned homes in the region will be upgraded to make them warmer and cheaper to run - this is thanks to a £167 million energy efficiency fund ...

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The Mayor has appointed more than 50 experts to help deliver his four key priorities: Jobs, Journeys, Homes and Growth. The four dedicated taskforces of experts will provide insights, challenge ideas and help make a real difference to people’s lives in the West Midlands.

🎭 Laura and Tegan secured apprenticeships at Birmingham Hippodrome after completing a Creative Venue Technician Bootcamp training course at Solihull College. 🤩 They are now working alongside Alison Hammond.

🚗 Richard recently visited JLR to see how they are training young people. 🧑‍🔧 He met a Jack, an apprentice, and found out more about the difference it his making to his own professional development.

The Mayor has welcomed recent figures revealing more than 43,000 people in the region have been given job training in the last eight months. Tackling unemployment, especially amongst young people, is one of Richard’s four key priorities.

More than 43,000 people get vital jobs training as Mayor seeks to upskill the region

More than 43,000 people have been given crucial job training over the last eight months including skills needed for the region’s fast-growing industries of the future.

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The Mayor has today launched a consultation on bus franchising – a plan to improve reliability, routes & fares for the West Midlands network. Over the next 3 months, the public are being asked to give their views on Richard’s plan for a franchised bus network.

The season of giving 💛 The Mayor recently handed several sacks of toys, donated by West Midlands Combined Authority staff, to @cashforkids.bsky.social Mission Christmas 🎁