West Bromwich MP Tom Watson has used the annual shareholders’ meeting of News Corporation to tackle Rupert Murdoch about the ongoing News of the World phone hacking saga.Read
The chances of Birmingham’s much-criticised children’s social services department moving out of Government special measures appear remote after Ofsted experts found “too much inconsistent practice” during a snap inspection of the troubled unit.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
Campaigning MP Tom Watson is jetting to the United States to tell shareholders in Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation that their business has behaved unethically.
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High speed rail is a “vanity project” which will cost taxpayers billions of pounds for no good reason, Birmingham MP Roger Godsiff (Lab Hall Green) has claimed.Read
Birmingham MP Roger Godsiff has broken ranks with colleagues to come out against plans for a new high speed rail line linking the West Midlands with London and the north.Read
The first Sikh-ethos secondary school in Birmingham is to open its doors next year after it received the green light from Education Secretary Michael Gove.Read
Riots in Birmingham, London and Manchester reflected a “something for nothing” culture encouraged by Labour, Tory chair Sayeeda Warsi tells Political Editor Jonathan WalkerRead
Leading Birmingham Tory Alan Rudge has issued a clarion call in support of the Big Society, demanding that communities be set free from government diktats and helped to take more responsibility for their own lives.Read
Riots in Birmingham and the response of communities across the city highlighted the importance of faith in building a stronger society, according to city council leader Mike Whitby.Read
Campaigners hoping to block plans for a high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham are threatening to stand at the next election if the Government presses ahead with the scheme.Read
Unemployment in the West Midlands is “a great concern” – but the Government is doing all it can to get people in to work, a Tory cabinet member has insisted.Read
One of the architects of the Conservatives’ Big Society project has praised the communities of Birmingham for proving that the concept of community engagement works.Read
A crackdown on Britain’s worst families will be launched later this month, as the Government gets tough with gangs and anti-social behaviour following August’s riots.Read
