We stand ready to act as a pilot area that would provide valuable insights for UK venues preparing for life after lockdown.
Here in the West Midlands we are seeing construction resuming, the housing market restarting and our all-important car industry reviving.
If you really want to see how we’re pulling together, the best example is taking shape now at the NEC, outside Birmingham – the new NHS Nightingale Hospital.
In Solihull, we are blessed with strong communities across the borough, from our more urban north to our rural south.
For the Conservatives to fulfil their promise of “levelling up” the UK, they must create ample employment opportunities.
That’s why last week I launched my transport plan for the West Midlands – an ambitious, 20-year vision of how our constituent boroughs will be linked in the coming decades.
We have already cut our carbon emissions by nearly half in ten years, combined with sustainable and inclusive economic growth.
Unity of purpose requires debate, compromise and ultimately putting collective interest above self- interest.
Success in politics is about delivering the goods. This should provide encouragement to the local associations who fared less well last week.
In Birmingham, rail has recently become the leading mode for commuting – overtaking the car. This makes it the only city outside London where this is true.
“We want to kick-starting a transport revolution that steers our population towards healthier ways of getting from A to B.”
Our new fortnightly columnist on a renaissance which “through teamwork and shared vision, is producing real results”.
The second part of our series this week on May’s elections, moving on to the metropolitan areas that are electing in thirds.
It’s about leadership; it’s about making a success of Brexit, and it’s about ending that litany of Labour failure.
The march of technology stops for nothing – not even Brexit – and the businesses and regions which embrace it will be the winners of the future.