Birmingham’s Lord Mayor has told of his determination to prevent his long-standing battle with cancer from restricting his duties as the first citizen.
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Conservatives are gunning for West Midlands Minister Tom Watson, as they called for a search of Downing Street computers to determine who was involved in the “dirty tricks” scandal which led to the resignation of a senior Number 10 advisor.
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Leading Birmingham Liberal Democrat city councillor Martin Mullaney begins a one-month suspension from public duties today after losing a high court battle over a publicity stunt.
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Government minister Liam Byrne has apologised for using House of Commons envelopes for sending mail to residents in Birmingham and has blamed a volunteer for the gaffe.
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Two Midland MPs have been named as among the worst elected representatives in the country who have failed to show up for large numbers of Commons committees.
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Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby has attempted to shrug off a backbench Tory revolt which is threatening to destabilise his Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition.
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The controversy over alleged breaches of Westminster allowances looks set to escalate after it emerged that a further Midlands MP is under investigation by the Parliamentary sleaze watchdog.
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Political Editor Jonathan Walker talks to West Midlands MP Tom Watson about Downing Street’s campaign to court a new breed of internet journalist.
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A LEADING Midland MP is the latest Cabinet minister to become embroiled in the Commons sleaze row after it emerged that he is being investigated by the Parliamentary watchdog.
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Embattled Home Secretary Jacqui Smith received £22,948 from the taxpayer to help pay for her “second home” in Redditch last year, new House of Commons figures have revealed.
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Embattled Home Secretary Jacqui Smith’s credibility took a further battering yesterday after her husband was forced to apologise over an expenses claim which included adult films he watched.
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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's husband apologised today for causing her embarrassment over an expenses claim which included adult films he watched.
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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was said to be "mortified" today after she was forced to offer a humiliating apology for an expenses claim which included adult films watched by her husband.
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It would take Birmingham City Council more than two years to gain regulatory approval to set up a municipal bank at a cost of about £200 million, it emerged last night.
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A sleaze watchdog is set to launch a wide-ranging inquiry into whether MPs abuse their expenses, after a second Government minister came under fire over claims for a second home.
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Britain and the European Union should open negotiations with Hamas, according to a Birmingham MP who met the leader of the Palestinian organisation over the weekend.
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