Unemployment is still rising in the West Midlands despite falling elsewhere, the latest statistics have revealed. But the number of people in the region who are working has risen even faster.Read
The Conservative MP who took part in a Nazi-themed stag party has been reselected to represent the party at the next election – even though police are still investigating his behaviour.Read
Birmingham City Council will be forced to raise up to £200 million through the sale of assets after the Government refused to lend it enough money to meet equal pay claims.Read
While MPs were debating single-sex marriage, the House of Lords was busy causing trouble for the Prime Minister by beginning the process of putting some of Lord Leveson's proposals for press regulation into effect.Read
A Commons inquiry has condemned the “shambolic” introduction of a new police interpreter service which allowed foreign suspects to walk free from custody.Read
Divisions in the Conservative party will be exposed tonight as Parliament votes on whether to change the law to allow gay marriages - with a majority expected to abstain or oppose the proposal.Read
Closed and neglected urban rail stations in Birmingham could be transformed under proposals being drawn up by Midland councils and business leaders.Read
The acting director general of the BBC has pledged to develop a plan for investing in Birmingham and the West Midlands, according to MPs who met him this week.Read
A Labour government would reverse controversial plans to create a rail maintenance depot in east Birmingham which some politicians claim could cost 7,200 jobs, MP Liam Byrne has announced.Read
