Labour’s West Midlands mayor, Richard Parker, is originally from Bristol and was raised by a dock worker and school secretary. He left school at 16 and went straight into work at a local port ...

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker has urged union bosses to suspend the ongoing bin strike saying he is "fed up" of seeing ...

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker has announced major partnerships with the UK’s cultural and creative organisations and ...

The furious West Midlands Mayor has demanded the Government intervenes over the 'significant failure' of West Midlands Trains through Birmingham. Richard Parker said the situation for passengers ...

A programme supporting entrepreneurs from the West Midlands has been given £10m by the government. The West Midlands ...

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker says he does not want to use public money on a Coventry base. Mayor Richard Parker says the commissioner will be tasked with cutting road deaths and injuries.

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A consultation into a proposed major shake-up of the West Midlands bus network has entered its last few days. Transport for ...

Residents of Dudley will get the chance to question the Mayor of the West Midlands at an event in the borough.

with the mayor of the West Midlands mayor Richard Parker visiting the site. SPARK is being brought forward by Origin, an industrial and logistics platform formed by HBD, part of Henry Boot, and ...

The mayors of the West Midlands and East Midlands have signed a historic agreement to work closer together to benefit both ...

The historic agreement has been signed by West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker and his East Midlands counterpart Claire Ward. It is hoped that, by working more closely together, it will deliver benefits ...