Environment

A plan to rebuild after coronavirus

by Rachel Maclean | Jul 10, 2020 | Broadband, Business, Councils, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health & Social Care, Housing, Press Releases, Rachel's Westminster Blog, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council, Supporting the Alex, The Alex | 0

We were making progress and huge strides in unlocking Redditch’s full potential – but we must now redouble our efforts in the wake of coronavirus.

£30 billion Plan for Jobs will support & protect livelihoods in Redditch

by Joshua Godfrey | Jul 9, 2020 | Business, Councils, Economy, Education, Employment, Environment, Health & Social Care, Press Releases, Redditch | 0

Yesterday (July 8th), Chancellor Rishi Sunak revealed the Government’s £30 billion Plan for Jobs – designed to support people to find the jobs that are out there, creating new jobs through investing in our infrastructure and housing, and protecting jobs by revitalising the hard-hit sectors upon which many jobs depend.

Redditch to benefit from £1 million investment to unlock the town’s full potential

by Joshua Godfrey | Jul 6, 2020 | Business, Economy, Education, Environment, Press Releases, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council | 0

It’s been confirmed Redditch will receive £1 million from this fund to spend on projects across the town this year. This is an advance on the up to £25 million Town Deal Redditch was awarded in 2019.

Statement on electric buses

by Joshua Godfrey | Jul 3, 2020 | Councils, Environment, Press Releases, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council, Transport | 0

“I will never apologise for being ambitious for Redditch.”

Prime Minister’s New Deal critical to plans to revitalise and rebuild Redditch

by Joshua Godfrey | Jun 30, 2020 | Coronavirus, Councils, Economy, Education, Employment, Energy, Environment, Health & Social Care, Housing, Local News, Press Releases, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council, Supporting the Alex, The Alex | 0

In Dudley today (June 30th), Prime Minister Boris Johnson set out an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure investment at the heart of the Government’s economic recovery post-coronavirus.

Redditch teams up with WMCA in bid for e-scooter trial

by Joshua Godfrey | Jun 8, 2020 | Environment, Press Releases, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council, Transport | 0

Working with Redditch Borough Council, Rachel was able to broker an alignment with the WMCA to submit an expression of interest bid to the Department for Transport to become a trial area that will include Redditch as part of their plans.

Work on Redditch’s Town Deal bid continues

by Joshua Godfrey | Jun 2, 2020 | Councils, Economy, Education, Environment, Press Releases, Redditch, Redditch Borough Council | 0

Last week, Redditch’s Town Deal Board met again to discuss the progress that had been made in developing the town’s bid to access the funding it has been allocated by the Government.