Toby Neal on 900 years of common history, a mouche in the ointment and thermal shock in a heatwave
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Politics Archive
Full list of Birmingham Labour councillors who are Unite members as union suspends memberships over bin strikes
Unite votes to suspend Angela Rayner’s membership over Birmingham bins dispute
MP claims businesses face being 'sleepwalked into disaster' with new Employment Rights Bill
Critical planning committee findings ‘cannot be brushed aside’, says former Walsall Council leader
Calls for iconic Black Sabbath pub next to Birmingham New Street station to reopen
'An accident waiting to happen': DX lorries blocking Willenhall roads cause safety concerns
South Staffordshire Council ends 2024/25 with £1m underspend
It's a turning point' says mayor Richard Parker as Government introduced devolution bill
Union accuses council of ‘abhorrent’ practices and calls for leader to quit
'Centre will not become an asylum hotel,' Dudley MP assures residents
'I doubt many members in this chamber have personal experience of the cruel welfare system. I do': What Stourbridge MP told Commons as she voted against Starmer's welfare plans
Senior councillor calls for review of Wolverhampton's taxi licensing in wake of national child-sex scandal
House to be converted into children's home, following approval by Walsall Council
Peter Rhodes on reforming the police, a bestseller under fire and a lesson from Dickens
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Temporary travellers sites in Birmingham delayed
New flats to be built on former Wolverhampton pub site in Heath Town amid £120m gateway to the city centre regeneration
Birmingham council at ‘absolute limit’ of pay dispute offer
Alcohol crime down by 10 per cent, says West Mercia's police commissioner
'We've been here five minutes and lots of cars have come in with illegal plates' - West Bromwich MP joins police on operation
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Council leader addresses fears Birmingham ‘faces two strikes’
Walsall Council leader defends planning committee following critical report
West Midlands Mayor welcomes major step forward for M54/M6 link road
Stourbridge MP asks Rayner about enforcement of child-and-parent car parking spaces
'The current system isn't working' - Stourbridge MP calls for private companies to be stripped of their contracts assessing disability benefits
Walsall Council ‘asleep at the wheel’ over unauthorised traveller encampment at Delves Green - councillor
'Patients in the Black Country have felt the burden of unequal healthcare for too long' - Minister's pledge to region on launch of Government's 10-year-plan
Overwhelming levels of smuggled drugs destabilising prisons, watchdog warns
Birmingham bin strikes: Photos show "apocalyptic" mountains of rubbish on streets six months into strikes
Five complaints about Cannock Chase Council have been made to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
Replacement house approved for Staffordshire bungalow site
'She was a community servant': Tributes paid to former Cannock district councillor named an Honorary Alderwoman who has died aged 85
Benefits Street: The West Midlands neighbourhoods where 1 in 8 people claim disability benefits, and those with the lowest rates
‘Unmet need for gypsy and traveller sites’ in Shropshire prompts official support for retrospective scheme
Four Walsall play areas to get nearly half a million pound upgrade - here's where
'A tremenduous asset': Hundreds more homes planned for Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter near St Paul's Square - despite previous objections
'A smart use of money': Dudley Council reacts to revelations it has stashed millions of pounds away for community developments for more than a decade
Bid to bulldoze Birmingham Bull Ring Indoor Maket hits the buffers and the developers aren't happy
Yvette Cooper orders ‘crackdown’ on suspected illegal working for delivery apps
Windfall: Why more cash could be on the way for 'remote' rural counties of Staffordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire
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'Hospitality is being taxed out of existence,' MP says as he warns of challenges facing local businesses
'What is being done to improved transport in Dudley?' - MP questions minister
'What annoys me is this was probably a council house' - Wolverhampton Council leaders frustration as the authority buys two rundown houses to prevent neighbourhood blight
Peter Rhodes on breakfasts, burglars and a big bang from the bunker-busters
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