Elections for new police and crime commissioners to oversee policing in the West Midlands risk becoming an embarrassing flop – according to the candidates themselves.Read
The judge who once compared Birmingham to a “banana republic” has warned that voting fraud is still rife - and accused politicians of failing to tackle the problem.Read
Crime and anti-social behaviour returned to the political agenda as Labour leader Ed Miliband and shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper launched the party’s local election campaign in Birmingham.Read
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and that is how the ruling Tory-Lib Dem coalition are viewing Labour’s manifesto for the local election.Read
Parliamentary boundaries are facing the biggest shake-up for generations. Local government expert Chris Game looks at the issues, and explains why there’s still room for manoeuvre in the West Midlands.Read
Labour will fight this year’s council elections by warning that there is no alternative to cutting spending, Black Country MP Tom Watson has revealed.Read
Far right party the BNP could be handed £40,068 of taxpayers’ money to contest elections in Birmingham under controversial plans to be announced this week.Read
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