Birmingham Post - Tag - ayoub khan

West Midlands Police loses nearly a fifth of first responders through cuts

Birmingham Post — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:28:00 GMT

West Midlands Police has lost 19 per cent of “front-line” emergency responders in just two years, according to new figures.

Birmingham councillor Ayoub Khan wants to be police commissioner

Birmingham Post — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT

A lawyer responsible for exposing the most shameful event in Birmingham’s political history has announced he wants to run West Midlands Police.

Birmingham election fraud row rumbles on

Birmingham Post — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:59:00 GMT

One of Birmingham City Council’s bitterest feuds shows no sign of ending after a disciplinary hearing against a top Liberal Democrat and barrister was dropped.

Birmingham Citizens Advice Bureau chief accused in funding row

Birmingham Post — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 07:15:00 GMT

Birmingham’s Citizens Advice Bureau chief has been accused of playing party politics with the service and trying to bully the council into giving the organisation more money.

Birmingham Liberal Democrat councillor bids to get charges dropped

Birmingham Post — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 07:42:00 GMT

Leading Birmingham Liberal Democrat city councillor Ayoub Khan is attempting to have four charges of professional misconduct against him struck out by the Bar Standards Board.

Iron Angle: Spy camera row proves need for a police commissioner

Birmingham Post — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Some of us are old enough to remember the days when chief constables were required to present themselves four times a year to meetings of local councils.

Birmingham's 'anti-terrorism' spy cameras to be switched off

Birmingham Post — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:48:00 GMT

West Midlands Police which was heavily criticised for installing £3 million security cameras as part of an anti-terrorism drive in parts of Birmingham is to agree not to switch them on.

Police criticised for installing Birmingham spy cameras without consultation

Birmingham Post — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:45:00 GMT

Councillor Ayoub Khan (Lib Dem Aston) was holding a meeting with police this week to discuss why 150 covert cameras were installed without any consultation in Kings Heath, Moseley, Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath in what residents claim is an apparent attempt to monitor the city’s Muslim community.

Birmingham councillor Ayoub Khan facing professional misconduct tribunal

Birmingham Post — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:04:00 GMT

Birmingham barrister Ayoub Khan, a leading Liberal Democrat city councillor, is facing four counts of professional misconduct over claims he smeared a Labour opponent while giving evidence in court.

Iron Angle: Banana republic, the sequel

Birmingham Post — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:00:00 GMT

Five years after Richard Mawrey QC famously commented that postal ballot fraud in Birmingham, organised as he saw it by the Labour Party, would disgrace a banana republic the murky waters continue to fester and stink.