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Mayor 2020: on the right track?

  • 11th February 2020
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Boris Johnson, Featured, HS2, Liam Byrne, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Sion Simon, Transport, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
The race to win the West Midlands mayoralty may be the election contest to watch in 2020, writes Kevin Johnson. Well, at least until the one across the pond has

Just when you thought the election was over…

  • 18th December 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Devolution, Featured, Liam Byrne, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
As Members of Parliament began to be sworn in yesterday, the long campaign for Mayor of the West Midlands was effectively being re-started writes Kevin Johnson.  Liam Byrne was returned as

The Day of Truth

  • 12th December 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Boris Johnson, Featured, Jeremy Corbyn, Liam Byrne, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended
So, here it is. The polls will open in a few minutes. Contain your excitement at the back, writes Kevin Johnson. Until a few years ago, I would take any

PM: gave unlawful advice; frustrated Parliament

  • 24th September 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Boris Johnson, Featured, Opinion, Partner Posts
“Scenes.” As young people would say, writes Kevin Johnson. “Unlawful.” “Unequivocal.” “Historical.” These words are not, for once, hyperbolic about events in the Supreme Court this morning. Lawyers, politicians and

WMCA: Nothing to see here…move along

  • 14th September 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • #ThinkBirmingham, Andy Street, Boris Johnson, Devolution, Featured, HS2, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
As the Prime Minister prepared to address leaders ‘up North’ gathering for the Convention of the North, members of the West Midlands Combined Authority Board filed into Birmingham council chamber

HS2: new driver needed

  • 29th August 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Burnham, Andy Street, Cllr Ian Ward, Featured, HS2, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Transport, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
Is the Oakervee Review “welcome”, “frustrating” or the end of the line for HS2, asks Kevin Johnson? It was no surprise to see Andy Street prosecuting a positive take on

Dawn goes Down Under

  • 11th July 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Cllr Ian Ward, Cllr Robert Alden, Councils, DCLG, Featured, John Crabtree, Kerslake Review, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended
It might appear that Birmingham city council changes its chief executives more regularly than its bins. News that Dawn Baxendale is leaving the local authority after little more than a

Who can beat the Street?

  • 14th June 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • #ThinkBirmingham, Andy Street, Devolution, Featured, John McDonnell, Liam Byrne, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, WMCA
You could be forgiven for not realising we are in the foothills of the very long run in to the West Midlands Mayoral election, not least with the distraction of

Mayoral Mayhem? A challenging year begins…

  • 24th May 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • #ThinkBirmingham, Andy Street, Devolution, Featured, News, Partner Posts, Recommended, west midlands combined authority, WMCA
The Board of the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) meets this morning for the first time this civic year. It promises to be the start of Mayor Andy Street’s most

Council: Panel stands down, but recommends another one pop up

  • 2nd April 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham, Birmingham City council, birmingham independent improvement panel, Councils, Featured, John Crabtree, Kerslake Review, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended
The Panel set up to oversee improvements to Birmingham city council has disbanded itself and published its final report to Government, but has effectively recommended another body takes its place,
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