{"id":1193264,"date":"2026-09-08T13:18:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1193264\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:18:17","slug":"opportunity-for-black-country-residents-to-speak-to-richard-parker-mayor-of-the-west-midlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1193264\/","title":{"rendered":"Opportunity for Black Country residents to speak to Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of the Black Country will get the chance to ask Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands, any questions they may have about his policies and priorities.<\/p>\n<p>The next Ask the Mayor Anything event is set for Wednesday 16 September, from 6.00pm to 7.30pm at Sandwell College, Spon Lane, West Bromwich, B70 6AW.<\/p>\n<p>Places are free, but people are encouraged to book using\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmca.org.uk\/mayor-of-the-west-midlands-more-information-about-the-role\/ask-the-mayor-anything-events\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eventbrite<\/a>\u202fto guarantee their place.<\/p>\n<p>The Mayor said: \u201cI\u2019ve set out my priorities for the region, but it\u2019s vital that I listen to residents to make sure I stay focused on what matters most to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to talking to the people of the Black Country about how we\u2019re delivering more social homes, improving bus services, opening-up job opportunities and tackling youth unemployment head-on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI also want to understand the community\u2019s concerns, answer their questions, and make sure their views help shape the work that me and my team do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents of the Black Country will get the chance to ask Richard Parker, Mayor of the West Midlands,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1193265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,38480,11033,2766,1700,35,393,728,4884,6333,1302,38482,38481,22793,1263,16,15,4950,7858],"class_list":["post-1193264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-birmingham","tag-birmingham","tag-britain","tag-combined-authority","tag-communities","tag-culture","tag-economy","tag-energy","tag-england","tag-environment","tag-great-britain","tag-housing","tag-innovation","tag-land","tag-local-authorities","tag-skills","tag-transport","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wellbeing","tag-west-midlands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117235620678500443","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1193264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1193264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1193265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1193264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1193264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1193264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}