West Midlands Mayor Andy Street, who was elected as the first ever Conservative Mayor of the region in 2017, admits that the unpopularity of the Conservative Party could harm his own reputation. However, the Labour Party's candidate also faces challenges of their own.
Mayor admits Conservative unpopularity could damage 'Brand Andy'. But Labour's candidate has his own problems
“Because this is an election for one person to do a very big job with a big budget it’s very important you are not choosing a party to do it, you are choosing the individual,” he said. “So I lay out what I’ve done. There’s my record, judge me on it. That’s what I’m going to do.” Regardless of what Labour says, the issue of higher council taxes has the potential to be a tricky issue for the party.
“Some people who voted Labour do feel the position is not what they wanted but what upsets them more is issues like cost of living and housing,” he said. “And the reason we can do that is that at the last devolution deal we got our hands on what they call the affordable housing programme. So we have now got that cash and we are starting all the discussions with individual social landlords about how we can help them do it.”
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