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Let Birmingham be proud of Purnell's top restaurant status Sep 30 2009

It is not so long ago that one would have been laughed out of The Ivy for suggesting Birmingham has the top restaurant in the land. Read

Labour's fine conference balancing act - between claims of delusion and desperation Sep 29 2009

The final conference before next year’s General Election was always going to be something of a balancing act for the Government.Read

Birmingham loses a man of vision as Clive Dutton leaves for London Sep 29 2009

Clive Dutton has, by his own admission, spent four-and-a-half years doing a job he truly loves. So why is he leaving? Paul Dale reportsRead

New idea to kick-start Birmingham's housing redevelopment Sep 28 2009

These are revolutionary times for housing in Birmingham as the Tory-run council housing department single-handedly seeks to restart the property market.Read

Gordon Brown and Labour must fight on – for Britain and democracy’s sake Sep 28 2009

The message from Labour’s high command is clear – don’t panic!Read

Jaguar Land Rover factory closure is a sharp dose of reality Sep 25 2009

There can be no doubt that the closure of one of Jaguar Land Rover’s two West Midland car plants will be a blow.Read

Discovery of Anglo-Saxon treasures provides golden opportunity for Birmingham Sep 25 2009

Even when the daily news agenda appears full of unremitting gloom and doom, there just occasionally is something that happens to lift the human spirit and help us forget for a while the woes of modern life.Read

Protests against downgrading of Solihull and Sandwell hospital maternity units are misguided Sep 24 2009

The head of West Midlands maternity services, Dr Alison Bedford Russell, speaks with world-weary certainty when she notes that “we could drive forward standards if we didn’t have the politicians”.Read

Response to Birmingham Big City Plan consultation shows people are interested in local government Sep 24 2009

The idea that most people are not interested in what their local council is doing is as wrong as it is dangerous.Read

Taxpayer victims of construction industry's bid-rigging must not suffer the consequences Sep 23 2009

If there is one industry other than banking that has enjoyed enormous success over the past 15 years, it has been construction.Read

All schools should be urged to succeed, whatever their catchment areas Sep 23 2009

Schools Secretary Ed Balls came in for widespread criticism when he launched the “national challenge” policy designed to ensure that every school achieved reasonable GCSE results.Read

Birmingham professionals duck environmental challenge and remain attached to their cars Sep 22 2009

The invitation by Friends of the Earth asking those on the Birmingham Post Power 50 list to leave their cars at home for the day was clearly a publicity gimmick which was only ever likely to draw attention to one unassailable fact – the movers and shakers in this great city do not, by and large, travel by public transport or, perish the thought, walk to their business appointments.Read

Labour and Conservatives must come clean on tax proposals Sep 22 2009

The debate about spending cuts has shifted from the question of whether the Government should reduce budgets to arguments about where the axe should fall.Read

Birmingham City Council doing a bad job of tackling the need for savings Sep 21 2009

Birmingham City Council’s financial crisis is bad and getting worse.Read

More choice in health services? We've heard it all before! Sep 18 2009

Somewhat out of the blue, health secretary Andy Burnham has published new plans for reform of the NHS.Read

Education system must think hard about the pressures placed on pupils by examinations Sep 18 2009

The thoughts and prayers of every Post reader will go out to the family of Josh Hanks.Read

Birmingham weighed down by transport wish-list projects Sep 17 2009

If you were to ask any politician or business leader about the subject invariably at the top of the political agenda in Birmingham, transportation would always be a contender for number one spot.Read

A woman for all seasons finally bows out Sep 17 2009

Karren Brady has been one of Birmingham’s most high-profile business leaders over the past 16 years.Read

Birmingham city centre apartment prices slump, but the market will recover eventually Sep 16 2009

The young professionals in newly-built Birmingham city centre apartments might be surprised, alarmed even, to discover they paid over the odds to live in properties written off by a Conservative councillor as the “slums of tomorrow”. Read

Labour could profit from coming clean on cuts Sep 16 2009

It doesn’t come as a surprise, but it’s now clear that the next election will be fought on the basis that public spending cuts are inevitable, no matter who wins.Read

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