LABOUR’S Liam Byrne has perhaps the toughest job in politics at the moment, as he struggles to come up with a response to the Coalition’s plans to cap benefits.Read
DESPITE all the interest in last week’s European summit, some mystery still surrounds exactly what the French, Germans and others were proposing and exactly what the Prime Minister said “no” to.Read
High-flying Ladywood MP Shabana Mahmood has been reflecting on her difficult battle to become Labour’s candidate in the run-up to last year’s General Election.Read
The House of Commons can rise to the occasion when major debates take place, and West Midlands MPs had plenty to say during the historic debate about whether to hold a referendum on the EU.Read
WHILE Home Secretary Theresa May got in a flap over her claim that an illegal immigrant avoided deportation because of his pet cat, Cabinet colleague Eric Pickles was on safer ground with his speech.Read
LOCAL Government Secretary Eric Pickles is to receive a high-powered delegation from Birmingham this week – to discuss the thorny topic of elected mayors.Read
Sion Simon, the former MP who wants to be mayor of Birmingham, wants everyone who considers Birmingham their home to come out and call themselves a Brummie.Read
SION Simon, the former MP who wants to be mayor of Birmingham, wants everyone who considers Birmingham their home to come out and call themselves a Brummie.Read
