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.

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• Replace outdated Pacer trains;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

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

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