Labour has been accused of “running scared” after it emerged senior party figures want to ban sitting MPs from standing as mayors – in order to avoid a difficult by-election in Birmingham Hodge Hill.Read
The battle to become Birmingham’s first directly-elected mayor has been blown wide open with the announcement by former Cabinet Minister Liam Byrne that he wants the job - and he has listed his top three priorities as "jobs, jobs and jobs".
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The battle over controversial reforms to the benefits system turned personal in the House of Commons as David Cameron attacked Birmingham MP Liam Byrne – for being bald.Read
Birmingham’s Labour MPs have been placed on a collision course under hugely controversial proposals which would tear up the political map of the West Midlands.Read
One in nine British adults have no qualifications, with Birmingham Hodge Hill having more than a third of adults of working age with none (33.3%), an analysis of official figures suggests.Read
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