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New West Midlands mayor pledges 20,000 extra homes after defeating Andy Street

By 2024-05-07T12:01:00

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Source: WMCA

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Labour’s Richard Parker is pledging to build an extra 20,000 homes in the West Midlands by 2031 after winning the region’s mayoral election by a whisker.

Parker, who previously worked on housing finance and local government issues for professional services giant PwC, won 225,590 votes in last week’s poll, just 1,508 more than Conservative incumbent Andy Street.

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