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 hopeful Richard Parker says he will secure the cash for 66,000 free school meals for children across the region if he is voted in. The Labour candidate is hoping to unseat ...

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 said streets were "getting increasingly ... with a petition which calls on the Labour-run council to "take immediate action to resolve the ongoing failures ...

A well known party figure, he masterminded the Black Country campaign for West Midlands first Labour mayor Richard Parker last year. But Lowe and his fellow departing councillors say they feel ...

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Labour has won the race for the West Midlands mayor, beating the sitting Conservative candidate, Andy Street, in a very close race. Counting complete A modern browser with JavaScript and a stable ...

Speaking ahead of the strike, Richard Parker, mayor for the West Midlands ... with a petition which calls on the Labour-run council to "take immediate action to resolve the ongoing failures ...