Liam Byrne MP today called for a new Mayor’s Taskforce to mobilise the West Midlands to deliver 300,000 Covid vaccines a week - allowing all 1.6 million residents in the top priority groups in the region to be vaccinated by Valentine’s Day.  Byrne’s plan, based on new House of Commons data for the West Midlands, reveals there are 1.6 million West Midlands residents in the top 6 priority groups (which account for 99% of Covid deaths) - and 2.7 million residents over the age of 50. Byrne’s 5 po

Following a virtual round table with Royal College of Nursing (RCN) members from across Birmingham, Liam Byrne, Labour’s candidate for West Midlands Mayor, and Lindsay Meeks, Regional Director of the West Midlands RCN, have written to the Chancellor calling for a pay rise that would ‘properly reco

Please use the link below to find a full copy of the letter to the Department of Education asking the Department to extend free school meal provision to more children from low-income households ahead of what will be a difficult winter for many families.

In the letter MPs say:

The West Midlands must be spared a second wave of job losses and given the opportunity to build Britain’s capital of Green Manufacturing, Labour’s Shadow Mayor Liam Byrne MP has told government chancellor Rishi Sunak. 

Birmingham City Council leader Councillor Ian Ward today called for a West Midlands Jobs Task Force, insisting: "People across Birmingham and the wider region are facing a jobs crisis unless there is clear action.

The Government has announced new restrictions in Birmingham, Solihull and Sandwell following a rise in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases.