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Post Comment: Religious leaders must champion common man Jul 14 2011

If ever there was a right moment for faith leaders to step up to the plate and speak for the ordinary person, that time is here and now as Birmingham grapples with unprecedentedly harsh public spending cuts.Read

Post Comment: Hacking scandal shocked us too Jul 14 2011

The actions of News of the World staff who hacked Milly Dowler’s phone have destroyed a once-proud newspaper.Read

Post Comment: What it means to be a Science City Jul 07 2011

It is difficult to imagine that a proposal to turn Birmingham’s former Queen Elizabeth Hospital into a £100 million world class medical research centre could generate any serious opposition in a city that needs desperately to position itself to take advantage of job opportunities created by science-based development.Read

Post Comment: Salma Yaqoob's decision to quit is a sad day for Birmingham Jul 07 2011

In a city that often worries about lacking politicians of substantial national standing, it is a great pity that one person who could justifiably claim to have been on the path to greatness is quitting public life.Read

Post Comment: Making the case for a mayor Jun 30 2011

The confirmation this week from Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles that elected mayors will have no more in the way of direct executive powers than council leaders has been greeted with a collective sneer and shaking of heads by the many opponents of change.Read

Post Comment: An unexpected outbreak of survivor syndrome Jun 30 2011

It is important these days to keep all bases covered when it comes to the all-encompassing health and safety requirements placed on businesses and public sector organisations.Read

Post Comment: Premier Wen visit is just the business Jun 24 2011

The importance of the decision by Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabo to make Birmingham his first port of call during a visit to Britain this weekend should not be under-estimated.Read

Post Comment: Honey off the menu, but council high tea lives on Jun 24 2011

There is something to be said for tradition, but not when institutions fail to recognise new circumstances and stubbornly refuse to change the way they have always done things.Read

Post Comment: Birmingham mayoral race off to a slow start Jun 17 2011

A decision by Sir Albert Bore to enter the race alongside former Erdington MP Sion Simon makes Labour the only political party to be showing any interest in filling what will be the biggest local government job outside of London. Read

Post Comment: Humble pie for naysayer Adonis Jun 17 2011

Lord Adonis seems unable to keep away from Birmingham.Read

Post Comment: City's £52-a-day care conundrum Jun 10 2011

A recent BBC Panorama investigation which uncovered alleged abuse of disabled patients in a residential home rightly angered the nation and led to the inevitable angry questions in Parliament.Read

Post Comment: JLR investment is huge boost for West Midlands Jun 10 2011

Rarely these days is it possible to report much in the way of good news for the West Midlands’s beleaguered manufacturing sector.Read

Post Comment: A 'Reform' we can ill-afford Jun 03 2011

What could be worse than losing your job? How about this – learning that your boss has spent £7,500 to give a speech boasting about sacking you?Read

Post Comment: Two bites of the enterprise cherry Jun 03 2011

Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership is demonstrating commendable ambition in applying for a second enterprise zone so quickly.Read

Post Comment: Counting the cost of a caring society May 27 2011

There can be no doubt that Birmingham City Council’s attempt to save money by ceasing to provide care packages for more than 4,000 disabled adults with substantial needs has been little short of cataclysmic.Read

Post Comment: Should our secrecy laws be re-written by Twitter? May 27 2011

It was always a racing certainty that Birmingham Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming would use parliamentary privilege to name Ryan Giggs, the footballer who possesses a super-injunction banning publication of details about an alleged affair.Read

Post Comment: GCSE conspiracy scandal must end May 20 2011

The unfortunate consequences of the myth perpetuated by the governments of Tony Blair – that almost any school leaver, regardless of intellectual capability, ought to be able to go to university – are still being felt in the further education sector.Read

Post Comment: Not such a bright use of scarce public resources May 20 2011

It has long been recognised that intervention at an early stage when children first show signs of going off the rails is likely to avoid heartache later on, while also saving considerable sums of money from the public purse by avoiding the need to involve social services and the criminal justice system.Read

Post Comment: Lib Dems are the political fall guys May 13 2011

When David Cameron described his coalition Government as a “new progressive partnership”, the message was clear.Read

Post Comment: Technology corridor is welcome not just on A38 May 13 2011

The idea of developing a new technology corridor along the A38 between Birmingham and Malvern had some merit, but the scheme was always a bit too state-driven to succeed.Read

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