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Post Comment: No disguising the likely impact of police cuts Dec 10 2010

Huge spending cuts being imposed on police forces across the country places Conservative-Liberal Democrat Government coalition in an extremely difficult position.Read

Post Comment: Making the case for high speed rail Dec 03 2010

Although the Government remains fully committed to pressing ahead with its £34 billion HS2 high speed rail project, it would be unsurprising if there was not just a flicker of apprehension in the mind of Transport Secretary Philip Hammond.Read

Post Comment: Time to face facts over city cuts plan Nov 26 2010

It is difficult to be certain about the strategy being adopted by city councillors in Birmingham to deliver £330 million of Government spending cuts, since communication on this vitally important issue has been noticeable only by its absence.Read

Post Comment: All's well that ends well for Shakespeare theatre Nov 26 2010

It’s taken three-and-a-half years to build and gestated far, far longer in the planning stage, but even the most vociferous critics of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre’s £112 million makeover might grudgingly admit now that their fears about modernisation and betraying tradition were misplaced.Read

Post Comment: Why bigger is not always better Nov 19 2010

Planners have allowed an unusually long timeframe for consultation on Birmingham’s draft Core Strategy, which sets out a development framework for the city up to 2026. They expect the document to stir up strong reactions, and if comments at the regeneration scrutiny committee are anything to go by the planners will not be disappointed.Read

Post Comment: Remembering the past – embracing the future Nov 12 2010

Today is a special day for the Birmingham Post.Read

Post Comment: Raging against the sands of time Nov 05 2010

Birmingham’s political sands are beginning to shift decisively, and not simply as a result of the Government’s unprecedented spending squeeze, the impact of which is likely to dent the appeal of the city council’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition.Read

Post Comment: We’ll all be dancing to Mr Clegg’s tune Oct 29 2010

The chaos and contradictions behind the Government’s plans to support regional economies have only now become clear.Read

Post Comment: A return to sanity, or a gamble too far? Oct 22 2010

Government budgetary plans always amount to a trade-off between what is desirable, possible and practical, but rarely if ever before can so much political capital have been riding on Chancellor George Osborne’s dramatic Comprehensive Spending Review.Read

Post Comment: Last chance for city social services Oct 15 2010

It goes almost without saying that the appointment of Eleanor Brazil as interim strategic director of Birmingham City Council’s Children, Young People and Families Department represents just about the last opportunity for management of social services to remain solely in local hands.Read

Post Comment: Time for a change with elected mayor Oct 08 2010

We’ve all known for a long time that the Conservative Party wants to introduce mayors in Britain’s big cities.Read

Post Comment: Gloves off as cuts D-Day looms Oct 01 2010

A new dawn has broken. Labour has a new leader, and the ghosts of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are already starting to fade.Read

Sale of the century, or boob of the year? Sep 24 2010

It is always tempting to have some fun at the expense of Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby, whose attempts at communicating the corporate message do not always go quite to plan.Read

Post Comment: Runway plan reaches for the sky Sep 17 2010

Good news is at a premium as the West Midlands faces fallout from the gravest economic crisis in recent times, but confirmation that Birmingham International Airport’s runway extension will finally go ahead is certainly reason to celebrate.Read

Post Comment: Confusion reigns over LEP bids Sep 09 2010

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson would have had a field day with the West Midlands’ machinations over proposals for Local Enterprise Partnerships. So many egos at stake, so many opportunities for, unintentional, humour.Read

Post Comment: How will LEPs solve chronic skills crisis? Sep 03 2010

An application by Birmingham City Council to form a Local Enterprise Partnership in collaboration with business leaders and, probably, Solihull Council is about to be submitted for Government approval. We wish the venture well, even though it is clear that an opportunity to forge a far more effective alliance with Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull has been missed.Read

Post Comment: Government digs a hole for itself Aug 27 2010

One of the new coalition Government’s first acts after the General Election was to honour its pledge to end garden grabbing, or in other words, allowing developers to cram flats and high density housing on to the suburban gardens of Middle England.Read

Post Comment: Cameron quick to wield axe Aug 20 2010

David Cameron’s first 100 days haven’t gone as he would once have hoped.Read

Post Comment: Penny-wise, pound foolish Aug 13 2010

If it was fiction, it might be rejected as too far-fetched.Read

Dining out on a culture of change Aug 06 2010

The notion 20 years ago that Birmingham might one day become as well known for fine restaurants as it once was for metal-bashing would deservedly have been greeted with hoots of derision.Read

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