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Start Of Work Friar Park Road

02 January 2026

Mayor to fund affordable new homes for Black Country families

The two-acre site off Friar Park Road in Wednesbury will see 34, two and three-bedroom homes at discounted rents or through a rent to buy scheme...

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30 December 2025

Mayor announces another multi-million-pound social housing investment

Funding of £2.6m will be used to construct 108 affordable new homes in Rugby, Warwickshire

Aerial view from bridge over railway line showing train with yellow front passing through a station. Platforms and shelters on either side with organe pole lampposts and signs.

22 December 2025

Building work completed on five new railway stations

Stations in Birmingham and the Black Country will reconnect communities with the railway network for the first time in decades

Learns who have graduated from the on-site training hub with Cllr Mariam Khan

19 December 2025

New on-site training hub helps unemployed youth start careers in construction

Twelve previously unemployed young people have graduated from a new on-site training hub designed to help more young Brummies start new high-quality...

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Phase 1: East Birmingham to North Solihull tram extension

Phase 1: East Birmingham to North Solihull tram extension

How the Mayor has secured funding for the project – which will kickstart Birmingham’s huge Sports Quarter regeneration project – has been made available as part of a £2.4 billion Government boost to the West Midlands transport network.