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@KirstendeVos We need safer roads in Birmingham. Not shared pavements, and less curbside parking. Make roads cycle friendly.

What's with all these pop up shops? Surely nobody needs sweets, vapes, crisps and bottled water 24/7. Money laundering? @BhamCityCouncil @steve_mccabe @andy4wm There are 11 bobshops in Birmingham plus tens of others maps.app.goo.gl/RUZpQ1XJ4GjnZX…

@LizClements @PauletteHamilto @for_birmingham @BhamCityCouncil How are you going to implement zero tolerance?

@PauletteHamilto @for_birmingham @BhamCityCouncil Thanks so much @PauletteHamilto for speaking so powerfully about devastating impact on families of fatalities & life-changing injuries caused by reckless drivers on Birmingham's roads. Zero tolerance for road violence: dangerous drivers must get appropriate punishment #VisionZero

This morning, I spoke about road traffic collisions in my constituency and the impact it has had on my community. I also paid tribute to @for_birmingham and @BhamCityCouncil for the important work they do to improve road safety. Watch my speech in full: youtu.be/5sv4kAQaL3g

@Feltip1982 @WestMidRailway @unibirmingham Three years after the completion date.

So close to opening. Last bits by drop off to finish by looks of it. Lights on @WestMidRailway @unibirmingham new station. Very smart. Looking forward to using #Birmingham

@andy4wm Mr Jumping on the Bandwagon. Just playing to the crowd. You don't care about Birmingham or the people who live in Birmingham.

@andy4wm @LiveTheModaLife Wow. More ugly tower blocks for the masses.

We’re home to more @LiveTheModaLife projects than any other city - & we’re working together on skills training for local people 🤝🏻 ✅ 300 people trained at the Mercian ✅ Training & a guaranteed job interview at the Bomb Site Now new plans lodged in Edgbaston - great to see 👏🏻

@TomPoole007 @JaneRockHouse @andy4wm It's his ego. The bloke is just a posturing posing pillock. He has no skills in law or policing, just shopkeeping and promoting himself.

@JaneRockHouse @andy4wm What is actual reason Andy seeks control of the police? Why is that in the best interests of WMP?

In case anyone else has heard the rumour, a claim that @andy4wm is considering becoming a future MP for Solihull firmly rejected. “It’s nonsense” apparently. His sights firmly set on retaining WM mayoralty inc takeover of police and crime.

@LizClements @tomflood1 They should be subjected to a far higher rate of tax, and the drivers given an additional driving test.

#bbcpm item focusing on oversized SUVs which are wider than our parking spaces. Woman interviewee vividly illustrates power of SUV marketing targeted at parents, she thinks her large heavy vehicle protects her children. What about safety of children who are walking? @tomflood1

@andy4wm More tower blocks for the masses. What ever happened to interesting architecture?

🚨MORE £££ FOR COVENTRY 🚨 We’re upping our investment in City Centre South to £113MILLION 📈 This scheme is game-changing for Cov, so we’ve put more cash in to get work underway THIS YEAR 🏗️ And thanks to our negotiations AT LEAST 20% of the 1,500+ homes will be affordable 🤝🏻

@BMWChoices @fietsprofessor A bit extreme, mate

@fietsprofessor The Guardian!! No mention of paedo predatorrs, knife gangs, mobile phone mugger of just a lack of parenting?

'Why don't kids play outside anymore, like we used to?' 🚨“Traffic-dominated neighbourhoods…along with a lack of parks, green spaces & other accessible high quality natural spaces, have harmed children’s health, and undermined their quality of life.”🚨 theguardian.com/society/2024/j…

@jansoldman @andy4wm Rectangular inner-city tower blocks for the plebs. We know our place.

@andy4wm Andy says people must live in cities.

Pleased to see that Sandwell Council have refused planning permission for 150 homes on green-belt land on Wilderness Lane 🌳 Our Brownfield-First approach is generating scores of derelict sites for homes, so there's no need to destroy the Black Country's precious greenbelt ✋🏻

@andy4wm Unless it suits your mates to do so.

@andy4wm What about all the greenbelt trashed with H2S?

One of Cradley’s biggest eyesores, the derelict shops on Colley Gate, are to be demolished for new homes This brownfield-first approach to housebuilding is protecting our precious green belt And it’s working - as we’re bucking the trend, exceeding our housing targets ✅

@andy4wm You wouldn't live in the cr*p they are building.

The WM is the ONLY region on track to meet its housing target 🎯 We set a plan, stuck to it, and are now leading the way by👇🏻 🤝🏻Working closely with councils & developers 💷 Helping fund unviable schemes 🌳Prioritising brownfield to protect greenbelt ✅ Redefining affordable

@karlmac1 @H_H_Gray That would be a complicated task. Will you tax kids tricycles as well?

@H_H_Gray That’s a great idea, introduce a tax disc for bicycles to pay for it. Oh you wanted someone else to pay for it…. I see.

@andy4wm It's all about you, all the time. Isn't it.

From initial conversations to signing deals, one of the most important parts of being Mayor is acting as a focal point for investors 🤝🏻 Most recently I sat down with Katie Page, helping to convince her company Harvey Norman to make their first English investment in the WM 👏🏻

@andy4wm Nice day out, and a great opportunity to get out your costume. Which member of the YMCA group are you today?

A great trip to Chamberlin & Hill Castings with Leader of Walsall Council Cllr Mike Bird 👩🏻‍🏭 A proper Black Country business with over 140 years of history making high-quality products for the construction, rail & automotive sector in the West Midlands ✅

@andy4wm Another shopping opportunity. Another way to close down all the independent stores. Why do you think we want more of the same?

HARVEY NORMAN is coming to the West Midlands ✅ They’re a major international brand - similar to a little shop I used to run 👀 - and they’re betting on the future of the WM 🤝🏻 Fantastic that their first foray into England will be at Merry Hill - what a vote of confidence 👏🏻

@andy4wm Have that conversation with your chum Fabric*nt, and suggest that he has done nothing that merits any sort of reform.

As the boss of John Lewis for 10 years, I know how important trust is as a leader. Paula Vennells shattered that, and is right to return her CBE. But honours should be for those going above & beyond, not well-paid CEOs doing their job. Let’s use this case to change the system.

@Feltip1982 @WestMidRailway @unibirmingham I thought this was being opened before the commonwealth games. I forgot to ask "which year". Silly me for trusting @andy4wm

Waiting for the countdown to its opening. Works continuing on the drop off by new ⁦@WestMidRailway⁩ ⁦@unibirmingham⁩ University station #Birmingham