Birmingham City Council’s £100,000 director of communications launched an astonishing attack on her own department’s failings, claiming that the unit lacks strategic planning and has no idea whether what it does works or is value for money.Read
On Friday, we reported how Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant had called for House of Commons officials to be investigated over the way they dealt with MPs’ expense claims.Read
A trip to the French Riviera, tickets to see the Baggies at home, perfume and a framed Second World War RAF print – they all figure among a list of freebies accepted by Sandwell councillors over the last two years.Read
Almost a quarter of staff at Birmingham’s much-criticised children’s social services department are quitting their jobs each year, new figures show.Read
