MP Richard Burden (Lab, Northfield), pictured, has been urging the Government to publish a report into the collapse of MG Rover.Read
STANDARDS have slipped since Lord Hattersley was an MP.Read
FORMER CBI chief Digby Jones, otherwise known as Lord Jones of Birmingham, has always had critics among Labour MPs who accuse him of bashing unions and trampling on workers’ rights.Read
GORDON Brown secured his position – at least for now – by facing down his critics at a tense meeting of Labour MPs this week.Read
SPARE a thought for James Purnell, the former Work and Pensions Secretary who quit the Cabinet in an effort to bring down Gordon Brown.Read
GORDON Brown secured his position – at least for now – by facing down his critics at a tense meeting of Labour MPs this week.Read
GORDON Brown secured his position – at least for now – by facing down his critics at a tense meeting of Labour MPs this week.Read
MPs are in the middle of a “slow car crash” as they are ritually humiliated over expenses claims, according to a Birmingham MP.Read
HOLD the front page! The expenses crisis has even hit Parliament’s own school magazine, which is distributed to all MPs and members of the House of Lords.Read
THE fuss over expenses has meant MPs are looking closely at claims they made many years ago, perhaps for the first time.Read
THOSE who can claim credit for the Speaker’s decision to resign include Sir Patrick Cormack (Con Staffordshire South), who surprised colleagues by comparing Mr Martin to failed wartime Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, the former Lord Mayor of Birmingham.Read
WHO will be the next Commons Speaker now that Michael Martin has quit?Read
GETTING rid of Michael Martin won’t convince many people the House of Commons has changed.Read
GETTING rid of Michael Martin won’t convince many people the House of Commons has changed.Read
WITH MPs’ expenses in the spotlight, it’s tempting to criticise when politicians take a trip overseas at the taxpayer’s expense.Read
* CREDIT where it’s due to John Hemming (Lib Dem Yardley), the MP who admitted he may have wrongly claimed expenses for food during the summer holidays.Read
WITH MPs’ expenses in the spotlight, it’s tempting to criticise when politicians take a trip overseas at the taxpayer’s expense.Read
Most horror stories about MPs’ expenses have become public because receipts were published by the media. Mr Hemming, pictured, chose to go public with misgivings about the money he has received.Read
West Midlands MPs are playing a key role – in the feuding which has damaged the Labour Party in recent days.Read
Rail minister's New Street tale of woe
LABOUR politician Andrew Adonis has been telling the world about the horrors of Birmingham’s New Street station.more
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