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Tories still likely to snatch seats from Labour in West Midlands

Conservatives are still on course to win a range of West Midlands seats from Labour despite growing support for the Liberal Democrats, according to a detailed new poll.Read

Birmingham sixth formers bombard Ed Miliband over war and expenses

Cabinet minister Ed Miliband faced a fiery crowd of Birmingham sixth formers and was told “you’ve got blood on your hands” over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Read

Election 2010: Parties fail to come clean over cuts, says Institute

Britain is facing public spending cuts on a scale unseen for a generation whoever wins the General Election, an influential think-tank warned as it accused the main parties of failing to come clean with voters.Read

Respect party calls for ban on EDL demonstrations

Left-wing party Respect called for a ban on demonstrations by the far-right English Defence League, as it launched its election manifesto.Read

Why a hung Parliament might not be all that bad

Would a hung parliament really be a crisis for Britain? Chris Game looks at the possibilities.Read

Conservative support soars in West Midlands, according to polls

Thursday’s election debate in Birmingham will be “make or break night for the country”, according to the man in charge of Labour’s election campaign.Read

Nick Clegg accused of taking election result for granted

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg has “got a bit above himself” by demanding Gordon Brown quit as Prime Minister if there is a hung Parliament, a Cabinet Minister has claimed.Read

Election 2010: Jobs are key issue in battle for Birmingham Hodge Hill

Unemployment and deprivation could see Labour struggling to cling on to power in Hodge Hill, writes Edward Chadwick.Read

Election 2010: The battle for Birmingham Selly Oak

A bitter battle is being waged among candidates for Birmingham’s Selly Oak seat, writes Local Government Correspondent Neil Elkes.Read

Nick Clegg answers questions from the Birmingham Post

As opinion polls show the Liberal Democrats pushing Labour into third place, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg answers questions posed by the Birmingham Post and its readers:Read

Godsiff halted from distributing leaflet in Hall Green by Labour

A candidate has been banned from distributing a controversial leaflet which includes a photograph of his political rivals on the same page as pictures of a paedophile, a rapist and a serial killer.Read

UKIP begins election battle against own MEP in Meriden

Eurosceptic party UKIP has continued a bitter war against one of its own MEPs by standing a rival candidate against her in the general election.Read

Edgbaston Tory candidate dismisses Liberal Democrat hopes

Edgbaston Conservative General Election hopeful Deirdre Alden has described her Liberal Democrat opponent as a “paper candidate”.Read

Line-up of Birmingham's General Election candidates

Fifty-nine candidates will be fighting at the General Election to become one of Birmingham’s ten MPs.Read

David Cameron confronted by man in a chicken suit in Tamworth

David Cameron refused to get in a flap when he was confronted by an angry man-sized chicken in Tamworth on a campaign walkabout on Tuesday.Read

David Cameron outlines Tory welfare plans on visit to Balsall Heath

David Cameron has talked about benefit plans as he visited a social enterprise project in Birmingham which provides work and experience opportunities.Read

Independent Tory banned from using old party logo in Bromsgrove

A life-long Conservative, who launched a new political party in the wake of the MPs' expenses scandal, has been blocked from fighting the General Election in Bromsgove under the Tory's old flaming torch emblem.Read

Business leaders who backed cuts in NI to be made Tory peers

Two of the prominent business leaders who backed the Tory plans for a National Insurance cut are to be made Conservative peers, it has been disclosed.Read

Home Secretary Alan Johnson launches West Midlands manifesto in Birmingham

Home Secretary Alan Johnson went for a spin in an electric taxi in a bid to convince the West Midlands that the future of the economy lie in low carbon, high technology industries during a visit to Birmingham.Read

Gordon Brown in Selly Oak to push Labour's message on nursery care

Candidates kissing babies in a bid to make themselves more appealing to voters, particularly mums, is an age old election cliche.Read

Labour prints photos of serial killers next to Lib Dem candidate in election leaflet

Labour has been accused of campaigning “in the sewer” after printing leaflets with photographs of a serial killer, a rapist, a paedophile - and a Liberal Democrat candidate.Read