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Post Comment: Old Black Country and Birmingham rivalries stand in way of progress Jul 30 2010

Birmingham Chamber of Commerce chief executive Jerry Blackett is putting a brave face on the difficulties the West Midlands is facing in pressing ahead with forming Local Enterprise Partnerships. Read

Post Comment: Mr Tucker and the bed of nails Jul 23 2010

If Birmingham Children’s Social Care director Colin Tucker was in any doubt about the size of the task he faced when appointed just over a year ago, he will most certainly understand by now why his is a job for which the words “bed of nails” could be described as putting it mildly.Read

Post Comment: Shades of Orwell in Project Catastrophe Jul 16 2010

The gradual sense of horror, panic even, at Lloyd House, headquarters of West Midlands Police, over the ill-fated Project Champion counter-terrorism project must by now be very real and growing by the day.Read

Post Comment: Leave job creation to the experts Jul 09 2010

Creating jobs and improving skills in areas of high unemployment is not easy.Read

Post Comment: Universities out of touch with reality Jul 02 2010

Britain's greatest satirists have historically portrayed university vice chancellors as globetrotting freeloaders bloated by huge expense accounts and luxury lifestyles. Read

Post Comment: Mr Osborne and the austerity years Jun 18 2010

Political tradition in this country makes it almost obligatory for incoming governments to issue doom-laden statements about the state of the economy, having had time to “study the books” left by the previous administration.Read

The best way forward for the West Midlands still up for discussion Jun 10 2010

The row about the future of the West Midlands Leaders’ Board is far more than a political spat about what happens to a pretty much anonymous quango. Read

Post Comment: Edgbaston Priory tennis plans serve up a real ace for the city Jun 04 2010

Plans to expand and improve the Priory will propel the city’s sporting reputation a step further, and potentially pave the way for even more prestigious contests to be held here. Read

Making the case for elected mayors May 28 2010

The goverment’s announcement that Birmingham will be one of several English cities required to hold a referendum asking people whether they wish the city council to be run by an elected mayor has had about as much impact as a damp squib on November 5.Read

Decide quickly on schools programme May 21 2010

The potential loss of the Building Schools for the Future programme brings home one of the major debates of the last election.Read

Post Comment: Coalition must be given a chance May 14 2010

They didn’t get around to playing The Carpenters at the historic Downing Street press conference with David Cameron and Nick Clegg. Read

Hopes fade for the jobless generation May 07 2010

Challenged during the General Election campaign to say what they would do to reduce unemployment among young adults, the three main party leaders relied broadly on variations of the same answer: paid work experience after six months’ on benefit, better training programmes, and at the end of the day hoping for economic recovery.Read

You can’t vote for a hung parliament Apr 30 2010

For a short period, it looked as if the general election campaign would focus on policy issues.Read

Green hot air must not go unchallenged Apr 23 2010

An extraordinary week during which, for the first time since the Second World War, general aviation traffic in Britain and most of Europe was suspended for six days, has quite naturally led to a lively discussion about the important role airports play in the lives of us all, whether individuals or businesses.Read

Sticking two fingers up to the homeless Apr 16 2010

The sheer brass neck and arrogance displayed by senior Birmingham City Council officials in respect of wriggling out of their legal duty to provide accommodation for homeless people is quite extraordinary.Read

Economy, jobs and poverty key in election campaign Apr 09 2010

After they proved such a success for Barack Obama, it’s no surprise that David Cameron has adopted “hope” and “change” as his campaign buzzwords.Read

High speed link will be slow burner Mar 18 2010

Everyone supports high speed rail in principle. When Lord Adonis announced plans for a new London to Birmingham route last week, opposition parties scrambled to insist that their version of a high speed line would be even better than his.Read

Still time for a deal over Longbridge Mar 12 2010

The leader of Birmingham City Council, Mike Whitby, is fond of pointing out that regeneration in much of the country may be in the doldrums, but here things are booming despite the credit crunch and recession.Read

Hung Parliament is no time to play safe Mar 04 2010

Politicians on all sides would have us believe the big issue in politics today is whether to cut public finding this year or next year.Read

The NHS and the democratic deficit Feb 26 2010

During a dreadful three-year period between 2005 and 2008 a stay at Stafford Hospital amounted to the very real possibility of an untimely death sentence, particularly for older patients.Read

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