Ministers will ask Birmingham whether it wants a directly-elected mayor or not without revealing what powers a mayor will receive, the Government has admitted.Read
A directly-elected mayor of Birmingham should help decide the school curriculum to ensure pupils are learning the skills local employers need, according to a potential candidate.Read
An elected mayor should be given control or influence over all public sector spending and assets in the city, including health, policing, transport and economic development, one of the candidate hopefuls for Birmingham has argued.Read
Birmingham leaders have told Nick Clegg they want to take control of training and apprenticeships from the government to help more people get jobs in the city.Read
Birmingham has been offered control over rail and bus services, job centres and further education – if the public decides it wants an elected mayor.
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A former Tory MP is calling on the party faithful to back an elected mayor for Birmingham and fears the party could get left behind in any contest.Read
Residents, business leaders and community groups have been asked to tell Ministers what powers an elected mayor in Birmingham or Coventry should have.Read
Labour could hold an open primary to find a new candidate for Edgbaston as Ed Miliband faces the prospect of a difficult and high-profile by-election.Read
Boris Johnson has warned that elected city mayors will fail unless they are given control over policing, education and transport, as the Government prepares to hold referenda on creating mayors in Birmingham and Coventry.Read
The left wing establishment among the officer corps at Birmingham City Council is becoming a little gung ho over the near certainty of Labour returning to power at next May’s civic election after an eight year absence.Read
The race to become Birmingham’s directly-elected mayor has been thrown wide open after city MP and former minister Gisela Stuart announced she intended to stand.Read
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has been honoured by a visit of some of Birmingham’s finest, after they requested a meeting to talk about the Government’s plan for a mayor.Read
It is pointless arguing with a conspiracy theorist, because you will never win. The more effectively their grotesque claims are demolished, the more they become convinced that you must be part of the plot.Read
The Bishop of Birmingham has welcomed a forthcoming referendum on whether the city should have a powerful elected mayor, and predicted a mayor could “speak up for Birmingham”.Read
