The public could be put at risk during next year’s Olympic Games and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee because the Government has gone soft on terrorism, an MP has claimed.Read
Education Secretary Michael Gove has warned that Sandwell will get no special treatment if it bids for school rebuilding funding, despite the heartbreak of having already missed out on £125million of government cash.Read
The Bishop of Birmingham has welcomed a forthcoming referendum on whether the city should have a powerful elected mayor, and predicted a mayor could “speak up for Birmingham”.Read
Police chiefs are ready to pile the pressure on Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg over sweeping cuts to the service ahead of his party’s conference in Birmingham.Read
Sensitive Government information about Afghanistan has been accidentally revealed by Cabinet Minister Andrew Mitchell when he left Downing Street with the documents on show.Read
Opposition councillors at Birmingham City Council are demanding an inquiry into the decision to evict Aston Manor Transport Museum from its historic home.Read
The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner is considering a complaint from a West Midlands MP after it was alleged Andy Coulson failed to disclose that he was still being paid by News International when he took up his job with the Conservatives.Read
Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has defended using day-release prisoners to paint her home in Redditch, claiming they "didn't have anything else on".Read
Supporters of an elected mayor need to shape up because Birmingham shows little sign of producing a dynamic figure capable of the leadership and vision required, says Tory elder statesman Sir Bernard ZissmanRead
A West Midlands MP who has been a leading campaigner in the phone hacking scandal has described a new round of revelations as “devastating” for former editor of News of the World Andy Coulson.Read
The Prime Minister and Labour leader Ed Miliband paid tribute to Birmingham’s communities for standing united and remaining calm despite violence across the city and the deaths of three men.Read
The pressure of delivering a £212 million spending cuts package in a single year has re-opened simmering tensions between scrutiny committees and Birmingham City Council’s executive cabinet. Read
Black Country MPs face a battle to hold on to their seats years before the next election, as a major boundary review revolutionises the political map of the West Midlands.Read
