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youth and adult skills Tees Valley Metro Mayor - Candidate Manifestos Sue Jeffrey, Labour Adult skills budget The metro mayor will have control over the: Chris Foote Wood, Liberal Democrats Ensure school age children gain meaningful work experience rolling out the Foundation for Job’s ‘entitlement’ across the Tees Valley Coordinate the skills links between Job Centres and colleges Ensure across the Tees Valley the number of higher level apprenticeship schemes are increased. The above is based on manifestos made public by declared candidate. A detailed manifesto is not available for Ben Houchen (Conservative) Institute a review to improve education standards and create more apprenticeships better focused to job opportunities Train teenagers and re-train adults with the prospect of real jobs.

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Page 1: Tees Valley Metro Mayor Candidate Manifestos

youth and adult skills

Tees Valley Metro Mayor - Candidate Manifestos

Sue Jeffrey, Labour

• Adult skills budget

The metro mayor will have control over the:

Chris Foote Wood, Liberal Democrats

• Ensure school age children gain meaningful work experience rolling out the Foundation for Job’s ‘entitlement’ across the Tees Valley

• Coordinate the skills links between Job Centres and colleges

• Ensure across the Tees Valley the number of higher level apprenticeship schemes are increased.

The above is based on manifestos made public by declared candidate. A detailed manifesto is not available for Ben Houchen (Conservative)

• Institute a review to improve education standards and create more apprenticeships better focused to job opportunities

• Train teenagers and re-train adults with the prospect of real jobs.

Page 2: Tees Valley Metro Mayor Candidate Manifestos

Tees Valley Metro Mayor - Candidate Manifestos

Sue Jeffrey, Labour

• Compulsory purchase powers

The metro mayor will have control over the:

Chris Foote Wood, Liberal Democrats

• Join up rail, buses and other transports into a Tees Valley metro;

• Work with Councils to coordinate efforts from pot-hole repairs to highways priorities;

• Lead efforts to build a new congestion-busting bridge over the River Tees.

The above is based on manifestos made public by declared candidate. A detailed manifesto is not available for Ben Houchen (Conservative)

• A new crossing of the River Tees with a new, eye-catching and iconic bridge;

• Better road access to Teesport;

• Improve A19 and east-west links;

• Electrify Northallerton to Teesport rail line;

• Extend stations to take longer trains;

• Replace outdated Pacer trains;

• Introduce a Metro system for both sides of the Tees, with a Freedom Card for students and pensioners and an Oyster system for all.

transport andinfrastructure

Page 3: Tees Valley Metro Mayor Candidate Manifestos

Tees Valley Metro Mayor - Candidate Manifestos

Sue Jeffrey, Labour Chris Foote Wood, Liberal Democrats

• Work with businesses to promote our Living Wage so that the minimum a Tees Valley worker gets is £8.45 an hour

• Lead on a buy local plan working with the biggest local spenders and employers to buy local, supporting Tees Valley jobs;

• Ensure local firms can compete for publicly- funded work.

The above is based on manifestos made public by declared candidate. A detailed manifesto is not available for Ben Houchen (Conservative)

• Immediately initiate a new Development Corporation, a Tees Land Commission and the Tees Valley Investment Fund to bring new jobs into the area.

business andenterprise

Page 4: Tees Valley Metro Mayor Candidate Manifestos

Tees Valley Metro Mayor - Candidate Manifestos

Sue Jeffrey, Labour Chris Foote Wood, Liberal Democrats

• Create 20,000 new homes across the Tees Valley

• Take over unused public sector land.

The above is based on manifestos made public by declared candidate. A detailed manifesto is not available for Ben Houchen (Conservative)

housing andplanning • Mayoral Development Corporations

The metro mayor will have control over:

No housing policies are featured in the manifesto