Andy Street: Our West Midlands recovery plan – and why no one-size-fits-all Whitehall scheme would work

Here, the recovery of our automotive and construction sectors is crucial – firms in the region directly employ around 46,500 people.

Andy Street: What we’re doing in the West Midlands to combat the coronavirus.

If you really want to see how we’re pulling together, the best example is taking shape now at the NEC, outside Birmingham – the new NHS Nightingale Hospital.

Andy Street: Jobs are what will help us level up the economy

For the Conservatives to fulfil their promise of “levelling up” the UK, they must create ample employment opportunities.

Andy Street: My West Midlands shopping list for the Chancellor’s first Budget

We must level-up the country. By providing the funds we need, the Government will send a vote of confidence in the power of local decision-making.

Andy Street: Yes to HS2. But it’s only the start of the transport revolution we need north of Watford.

That’s why last week I launched my transport plan for the West Midlands – an ambitious, 20-year vision of how our constituent boroughs will be linked in the coming decades.

Where CCHQ should move to

Our readers’ top choice was the same as Number Ten’s for the Lords: York. But a good case was made for Coventry – and Warwick University.

Building the Blue Wall: Walsall North

The first in a series of pieces on how the 2017 generation of winners from Labour increased their majorities.

Lee Rowley: North East Derbyshire was a forerunner of this election victory. Here’s what we did to win again.

For my colleagues who’ve smashed through the Red Wall – pick those bricks up and build anew.

Ben Bradley: Voters tore down the Red Wall because they were sick of Labour talking down to them and holding them back

That doesn’t mean they are all suddenly hardcore Tories. For many we were the least-worst option. But we have an opportunity to win their trust.

Vox pub in West Bromwich: “I will definitely vote for Boris, liar, cheat and fool!”

These West Midlands voters in Tom Watson’s seat care deeply about Brexit and see the Prime Minister as their champion.

Parvez Akhtar: The Conservatives will need to campaign hard to retain the Mayoralty of the West Midlands

The region is still strong Labour territory. We must ensure that Andy Street is at the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022.

Andy Street: As our own conference approaches, our activists are setting MPs an example to follow

Unity of purpose requires debate, compromise and ultimately putting collective interest above self- interest.

Andy Street: The spending round must be about generating money as well as allocating it

The UK needs a state-of-the-art ‘gigafactory’, and it should be built here in the West Midlands alongside our established automotive cluster.

The local elections revisited: an analysis of results in the West Midlands

Reviewing the details of the results in this region gives a sense of how volatile the electorate has become.

Mike Bird: Conservatives in Walsall have been rewarded for delivering on our pledges

Our collective decision to concentrate on targeted literature resulted in success against keyboard warriors navel gazing on social media and preaching to their own.