In this episode, EG's Office Politics meets Andy Street, West Midlands Mayor. Street discusses the importance of storytelling for mayors, his career at John Lewis leading to regional politics, and why Liz Truss may still be right. The podcast covers topics such as investment and development in Birmingham, leveling up funding and fiscal devolution, building a self-sufficient economy, thriving tech sectors and decarbonization challenges in the West Midlands, and implementing sustainable decarbonization in the residential sector.

Andy Burnham, Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, and Andy Street, Conservative Mayor of the West Midlands, discuss their contrasting politics, similarities between English cities, achieving equivalence and shifting power, the impact of Brexit, and the effects of the global economy on cities.