Levelling Up

The West Midlands Combined Authority, and our member authorities across the region, have shown how effective we are in shaping the drivers of economic growth. We have:

• Grown an award-winning public transport system
• Built thousands of homes and unlocked brownfield sites for development
• Risen to the net zero challenge with pioneering retrofit schemes
• Crucially turned around a failing skills system 

We need flexible funding to build more affordable, zero-carbon homes and unlock stalled investment through new Levelling Up Investment Zones. 

We need new ways to encourage people onto public transport through mobility credit schemes, new e-mobility powers, and a dynamic role in Great British Railways.

We need powers to help key growth sectors for the region flourish and drive innovation in low carbon businesses such as electric car manufacturing; battery production; low carbon, modular homes; and utilities such as wind and solar power.

We need greater control and influence over planning and investment in the energy system: enabling the region to build resilience to energy shockwaves while also decarbonising our infrastructure and industry. 

Find out what the region needs to help the country go further in our levelling up prospectus.