DARK SECRETS: 3 - The Real Truth

‘Low skills blight lives’: Richard Parker on his mayoral ambitions

Labour’s West Midlands candidate says it’s time for a fresh start as he vows to create 150,000 new jobs

The Guardian - UK · Apr 9, 2024

England local elections: what’s up for grabs on 2 May and how do predictions look?

Polls are the last chance for voters to have their say before the general election

The Guardian - UK · Apr 5, 2024

Labour looks to local polls as dress rehearsal for general election

Mayoral races may be important indicator of Starmer’s political momentum as party seeks to turn 20-point national lead into results

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2024

Sunak faces growing calls to return £10m donated to Tories by Frank Hester

West Midlands mayor says he would return money, after No 10 says Hester’s comments about Diane Abbott were racist

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2024

The Guardian view on northern metro mayors: potential gamechangers

Editorial: An expanding municipal alliance with new powers can be at the heart of a new, better version of levelling up

The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024

Owners who demolished Crooked House pub after fire ordered to rebuild it

ATE Farms issued with enforcement notice for unlawful demolition and told to build it back to ‘what it was before the fire’

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2024

Rishi Sunak in growing storm after failing to condemn Lee Anderson rant as Islamophobic

Prime Minister criticised for not taking a tougher line against Mr Anderson and ‘calling this out for what it is’

Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2024

Mayor says 21-mile cycleway alongside HS2 route a ‘no-brainer’ for West Midlands

Andy Street has asked HS2 Ltd to keep haul tracks for path linking Birmingham and Coventry

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2024

West Midlands PCC applies for judicial review over scrapping of his role

Simon Foster will go to court over plan to transfer his powers as police and crime commissioner to region’s mayor

The Guardian - UK · Feb 15, 2024

Pressure mounts for rethink on ‘fast track’ justice after more outcry over cases

Pressure grows to change controversial single justice procedure as Standard reveals more worrying cases

Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2024