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Jun 13 2008
Labour, having split its own ranks with a spectacularly botched selection of a candidate to replace Clare Short MP in Ladywood at the next General Election, is quickly waking up to the fact that this once rock-solid seat could be lost to, of all people, the Liberal Democrats....
Jun 11 2008
Council leader Mike Whitby has been accused of putting political expediency above Birmingham's reputation supporting a cabinet member whose conduct was described as “scurrilous” by a judge. ...
Jun 7 2008
More than two months have passed since Elections Commissioner Timothy Straker QC criticised the character and motives of Birmingham Lib Dem cabinet member Ayoub Khan and the party’s Aston council candidate Saeed Aehmed....
May 8 2008
Allegations of dirty tricks marred last week's Birmingham City Council elections. Public Affairs Editor Paul Dale reports from the battleground of Aston....
May 7 2008
Labour and Liberal Democrats are at each other's throats in Birmingham again over alleged ballot rigging in Aston at last week's city council elections....
May 2 2008
Aston Liberal Democrat Councillor Ayoub Khan last night claimed the people had spoken and shown he was "fit to hold office" after retaining his seat in the inner city ward....
Apr 26 2008
With under a week to go to the city council elections Labour and the Liberal Democrats continue to hurl insults at each other in one of the grubbiest campaigns for years. ...
Apr 26 2008
The political dog-fight in Aston took a new twist after Birmingham Liberal Democrat councillor Ayoub Khan was reported to the Bar Standards Board over allegations that he behaved in a way that was "dishonest or discreditable"....
Apr 24 2008
Labour and Liberal Democrat activists in Birmingham’s troubled Aston ward have seen their bitter city council election campaign enter its final week....
Apr 22 2008
A senior Birmingham councillor who submitted 200 postal vote application forms 15 minutes before the deadline for registration expired has been accused of breaching guidelines designed to prevent ballot rigging....
