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.

Andy Street: An industrial strategy in the West Midlands to kickstart an industrial revolution

The march of technology stops for nothing – not even Brexit – and the businesses and regions which embrace it will be the winners of the future.

Barry Lewis: In Derbyshire, our message of backing Brexit helped us in the local elections

There appears to be a correlation between Conservative success and a stance that shows you support the democratic wishes of the people.

Andy Street: Conservatives in Walsall have been rewarded for their practical approach

Success in politics is about delivering the goods. This should provide encouragement to the local associations who fared less well last week.

Lee Rowley: Killamarsh Conservatism – the reason North East Derbyshire bucked the trend in last week’s elections

Our approach, and our message, won the backing of communities which have previously only ever voted Labour. It can work elsewhere, too.

The local election results so far. Voters turn on the two big parties over Brexit, and say: a plague on both your houses.

To date, these elections are raising strategic questions above May’s leadership and Corbyn’s policy – especially over a second referendum.

Andy Street: Here in the West Midlands, we’re on the verge of reopening railways that have been closed since Beeching

In Birmingham, rail has recently become the leading mode for commuting – overtaking the car. This makes it the only city outside London where this is true.

Andy Street: Cleaning up pollution of the past to build the homes of tomorrow

Fittingly, the Black Country, synonymous with the heavy industry of the Industrial Revolution, aims to take the lead in building this new science of reclamation.

Liz Truss: At the heart of the spending review will be popular, free market conservatism

I’m travelling around the country asking the public what their priorities really are. This review should be the People’s review.

Andy Street: Beneficial, healthier, better. Our West Midlands plan to get people out of cars and on to cycles.

“We want to kick-starting a transport revolution that steers our population towards healthier ways of getting from A to B.”

Andy Street: Here in the West Midlands, there’s a new kind of politics developing. We call it Urban Conservatism. And it’s winning.

Our new fortnightly columnist on a renaissance which “through teamwork and shared vision, is producing real results”.

In the elections for the “metropolitan boroughs” the Conservatives have little to lose – which is why the focus will be on Trafford

The second part of our series this week on May’s elections, moving on to the metropolitan areas that are electing in thirds.

Andy Street: Next Thursday, we can make history here in the West Midlands. This is your chance to be part of it.

It’s about leadership; it’s about making a success of Brexit, and it’s about ending that litany of Labour failure.