Business Secretary Vince Cable is to intervene in a row over claims Midland manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover is threatened by plans to turn its rail terminal into a construction depot for the planned high speed rail line.Read
The past two weeks have been a reminder that some people see the world in a starkly different way to others. It’s an important lesson but not a pleasant one.Read
The Royal College of Nursing has warned that the NHS is “sleepwalking into a crisis” after hundreds of nursing jobs were lost in the West Midlands.Read
Long-awaited voting reforms to stamp out the type of fraud that saw Birmingham compared to a banana republic have been delayed yet again – because of a coalition row.Read
Urgent reforms are needed to the Government’s £1.2 billion apprenticeship programme to help cut youth unemployment and give employers the skilled workforce they need, Midland MPs have warned.Read
Big changes affecting schools and businesses - and several other issues in between - could be in the pipeline if Lord Heseltine gets his way. Political Editor Jon Walker examines the idea to hand power from Whitehall to the regions.Read
Birmingham International railway station should be re-named "Birmingham Airport" - in a bid to boost the airport’s profile and help it expand, Ministers have been told.Read
New ‘City Deals’ creating thousands of jobs in Coventry and the Black Country could be signed with the government after ministers invited the regions to draw up ambitious plans for transport, skills and boosting the economy.Read
A Birmingham MP has demanded the resignation of the city's head of housing after accusing Birmingham City Council of deliberately dumping a “neighbour from hell” on an unsuspecting housing association.Read
More than a billion pounds could be paid out in compensation to homeowners, tenants and businesses affected by the planned high speed rail line between Birmingham and London, Ministers have announced.Read
Ministers have vowed to speed up the distribution of Regional Growth Fund cash after West Midlands firms were awarded £124 million in the final round of the Government scheme designed to create jobs.Read
A campaign to keep Sutton Coldfields Parliamentary constituency in one piece is celebrating victory, after a new review of the regions political boundaries was published.Read
West Midlands Police has been hit by a bill for half a million pounds for the Conservative Party conference, at the same time as it is making hundreds of front line officers redundant.Read
