The Conservatives’ Brexit Dividend
Extending the timescale for Brexit could work to the Conservatives’ electoral advantage suggests Steve Beauchampé.
Alan Clawley – A life less ordinary
Steve Beauchampé pays further tribute to the community activist and Birmingham Press columnist .
Mapplebeck: local stop at the polls
You may have heard, it’s election time again, warns Will Mapplebeck. Beware.
NHS campaigners call for clarity over Midland Metropolitan
Campaigners demand government solution to PFI hospital “fiasco”.
Voter fraud appeal ahead of council elections
Voters in Birmingham reminded to speak up if they suspect fraud.
Anti-bombing protest to be held in city centre
Call for an end to intervention in Syria.
Future world
Will Mapplebeck ponders the future.
Major parties unveil local election manifestos
Housing to be key issue in election fight.
Sir Howard: Spy link shock horror exclusive mystery
Comrade Howard Elstonovitch, our espionage reporter, on the searing questions of the day.
Transport Select Committee visits Birmingham
Whim under the spotlight as West Midlands hosts MPs.
WMCA welcomes Chancellor’s boost for West Midlands housing
£350 million Housing Deal for the West Midlands announced by Chancellor of the Exchequer in Spring Statement.
Eire dynamics
Richard Lutz continues to scratch his head over a right Irish stew.
£20 million pledge for Commonwealth Games Village
WMCA agree to make funding available ahead of 2022.
MPs call for Legal Aid to pub bomb families
Birmingham MPs call on Legal Aid Agency to reverse its refusal of Legal Aid to families of pub bombings victims.
City council contacts local government minister to highlight changes
Improvement Panel and Council to collaborate to tackle improvement challenges.
Women’s strike call
The Birmingham Women’s Strike Assembly explain the reason for their action.
To Beeb or not to Beeb – and other questions of the week
Richard Lutz rifles through another mess of a week. – and a stormy one too
City MP slams length of NHS waiting lists
Waiting lists soar as Birmingham’s NHS faces cash crisis – claim.
Why is Everyone so *&*$£ing Angry?
Is it just me or is everyone getting more pissed off? asks Will Mapplebeck
Bullet points
Richard Lutz looks back balefully on the week.
Midlands Engine Investment Fund launches £100 million equity fund
Launch is latest wave of £250 million Midlands Engine Investment Fund.
Further investment and devolution call at mayoral summit
Metro Mayors in joint call for government to review housing funding allocation to city-regions.
Birmingham MP delighted by asylum seekers project
Pioneering project supports young asylum seekers and refugees.
Region to show united front at MIPIM 2018
Billions of pounds of Midlands investment opportunities to be unveiled at global property show.
Suffragette City
Birmingham announces plans to celebrate women’s vote centenary.
The slow road to citizenship
Richard Lutz chronicles how he took the pledge and became British.
Sir Howard Exclusive: Trump shutdown shock
From Sir Howard Elston, sitting in his US underground nuclear bunker somewhere under Das Capital.
Wolff at the door: Double trouble in The West Wing
Richard Lutz reads two books that turn the spotlight on President Trump.
Birmingham students to debate role of the Commonwealth
Event hopes to spotlight effect on Britain’s relations with the world.
WMCA unveils proposed budget and mayoral precept for 2018/19
New body to raise funds for continued infrastructure expansion.