Birmingham is providing “a model” for how power and funding could be devolved to big cities and regions across the country, Business Secretary Vince Cable has revealed.Read
Just when city council activity seemed to be grinding to a halt the Government pulled a rabbit from the hat by awarding Birmingham almost £30 million to help it follow just about every other local authority in the region and adopt a wheelie bin scheme.Read
The new man at the helm of West Midlands Police is already immersed in detailed policy just a week into his £100,000-a-year job, finds Local Government Correspondent Neil ElkesRead
MPs have demanded an inquiry into the fate of a giant property empire built up by a Government agency designed to boost the economy of the West Midlands.Read
A Birmingham polling station was visited by just six people in 15 hours as voters turned their back on the police and crime commissioner elections, official figures have revealed.Read
A politician who led a review of worklessness has criticised the city council and Birmingham and Solihull Enterprise Partnership for failing to address long-term unemployment among older people.Read
David Cameron has chosen Birmingham to pilot radical proposals to change the way local government works – and potentially handing the city a £1 billion jackpot.Read
Newspapers should have new legal rights to obtain information - and even to use illegal methods such as phone hacking, according to MP Tom Watson.
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The MP criticised after taking time off to appear on I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! has claimed a Birmingham MP is no better – because he missed work to recover from open heart surgery.Read
The new West Midlands police commissioner has warned that ‘unfair and unjust’ government spending cuts could have a damaging long term impact on crimefighting in the region.Read
A Staffordshire Tory MP has called for an electoral pact with the UK Independence Party, warning David Cameron that the party could lose out in many marginal seats at the next general election without the promise of an in/out referendum on EU membership.Read
The West Midlands has lost out on valuable investment and jobs because of the Government’s decision to abolish regional economic agencies, Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna has claimed.Read
Almost 100 MPs have backed calls from Birmingham MP Richard Burden for the Government to recognise Palestine as a country in its own right, at a key United Nations vote next week.Read
Communities Minister Eric Pickles has said Birmingham City Council could have done more to prepare for the giant £757 million bill it faces to settle equal pay claims.Read
Midland MP Andrew Mitchell has been dragged into the row over Nadine Dorries appearing I’m a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here – following claims he gave her permission to take a month off so she could take part in the show.Read
