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Sharma Promotion

EALING Southall's MP Virendra Sharma has been promoted to a government post. Mr Sharma has been appointed by Prime Minister Gordon Brown to the Treasury and Home Office....

Posted by James Gates on November 6, 2008 4:58 PM

I just called to say Obama!

I went to see Stevie Wonder at the NIA in Birmingham last Saturday night and I must say - though it might sound like a cliché - it was 'a truly incredible experience' in every sense of that phrase. Arguably...

Posted by Roshan Doug on October 6, 2008 10:31 PM

North East man profits in mass killing

It's a variation on the satirical local newspaper headline, "Essex man dies in New York atomic bomb blast." You can overplay the local aspects of a story, sometimes. And you can overplay the local benefits when you're a rabid political...

Posted by David Farrar on October 1, 2008 12:07 AM

Political Aliens

The British political conference season is upon us. Brummies who may have tried to walk through what they previously considered to be their own public square will be more than aware of this. The security lockdown for a conference by...

Posted by Paul Flower on September 30, 2008 3:29 PM

1. Liam Byrne, Minister for the West Midlands

Name: Liam Byrne Position: Minister for the West Midlands Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: 10th...

Posted by Power 50 on July 16, 2008 10:40 PM

1. Liam Byrne, Minister for the West Midlands

Name: Liam Byrne Position: Minister for the West Midlands Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: 10th...

Posted by Power 50 on July 16, 2008 10:40 PM

6. Digby Jones, BERR

Name: Digby Jones Position: Minister of State for Trade and Investment, BERR Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: 1st...

Posted by Power 50 on July 16, 2008 10:33 PM

6. Digby Jones, BERR

Name: Digby Jones Position: Minister of State for Trade and Investment, BERR Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: 1st...

Posted by Power 50 on July 16, 2008 10:33 PM

8. Mike Whitby, Birmingham City Council

Name: Mike Whitby Position: Leader, Birmingham City Council Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: 12th...

Posted by Power 50 on July 16, 2008 10:28 PM

8. Mike Whitby, Birmingham City Council

Name: Mike Whitby Position: Leader, Birmingham City Council Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: 12th...

Posted by Power 50 on July 16, 2008 10:28 PM

9. Andrew Mitchell, Shadow Minister for Birmingham

Name: Andrew Mitchell Position: Shadow Minister for Birmingham Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: new entry...

Posted by Power 50 on July 16, 2008 10:25 PM

9. Andrew Mitchell, Shadow Minister for Birmingham

Name: Andrew Mitchell Position: Shadow Minister for Birmingham Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: new entry...

Posted by Power 50 on July 16, 2008 10:25 PM

10. Paul Tilsley, Birmingham City Council

Name: Paul Tilsley Position: Deputy Leader, Birmingham City Council Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: new entry...

Posted by Power 50 on July 15, 2008 11:33 PM

10. Paul Tilsley, Birmingham City Council

Name: Paul Tilsley Position: Deputy Leader, Birmingham City Council Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: new entry...

Posted by Power 50 on July 15, 2008 11:33 PM

11. Salma Yaqoob, Birmingham City Council

Name: Salma Yaqoob Position: Vice-Chairman, Respect Party Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: new entry...

Posted by Power 50 on July 15, 2008 11:31 PM

11. Salma Yaqoob, Birmingham City Council

Name: Salma Yaqoob Position: Vice-Chairman, Respect Party Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: new entry...

Posted by Power 50 on July 15, 2008 11:31 PM

21. Albert Bore, Birmingham City Council

Name: Albert Bore Position: Head of the Labour Group, Birmingham City Council Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: 8th...

Posted by Power 50 on July 15, 2008 11:18 PM

21. Albert Bore, Birmingham City Council

Name: Albert Bore Position: Head of the Labour Group, Birmingham City Council Sector: Public Sector 2007 Placing: 8th...

Posted by Power 50 on July 15, 2008 11:18 PM

Hold your breath as the Olympics forces up world prices

We've heard suggestions before that the London Olympics is going to suck money out of the regions. Our own market square project for Kings Heath could be the sort of minor victim if, as one voice suggested at a recent...

Posted by Mik Barton on June 2, 2008 9:46 PM

MPs fight back in battle of the booze

While the media have been putting MPs' perks under the spotlight, some politicians have turned the tables. A Commons motion signed by ten MPs has highlighted the privileges enjoyed by the journalists working in Parliament. As the motion says, the...

Posted by Jonathan Walker on April 7, 2008 5:40 PM