KEY PLEDGES IN MANIFESTO

At the manifesto launch, Cllr Ward promised to build more than 3,500 homes through Birmingham Municipal Housing Trust, making it the largest social housing builder in the country. On schools and hospitals, he said Labour would “continue to lobby government” for a fairer financial settlement.

Labour would also implement the co-produced ‘Birmingham Food Strategy’ to create a ‘healthier, affordable, safe, and sustainable’ food system for the city.

Cllr Ward claimed if Labour was re-elected, they would generate 100,000 new jobs in Birmingham. Other key Labour policies include:

■ Planting thousands of trees so that at least 25% of Birmingham has tree cover and establishing 400 more green spaces and parks, including a new park in the city centre.

■ Developing a green, affordable and reliable bus and public transport system and making it easy and safe for people to walk and cycle around Birmingham.

■ Building two new cycle superhighways, segregated cycle routes on main commuter corridors

■ Bringing all residents within an accessible 30 minute public transport journey of the city centre through bus priority measures, rail improvements and sprint buses.

■ Support the £2bn Midlands Rail Hub plan to improve rail services in Birmingham and across the Midlands, and allow more services on the Camp Hill line stopping at Moseley , Kings Heath and Hazelwell.

■ Roll out more 20mph limits on roads in Birmingham.

■ Make the Mobile Household Recycling Centres a permanent programme for every ward in the city to collect bulky waste free of charge.