Jack Dromey

MPs to Clancy: Council is an obstacle to moving forward

• 8th September 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Cllr John Clancy, Councils, Featured, Jack Dromey, Liam Byrne, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

All of Birmingham’s nine Labour MPs have written to the Labour leader of Birmingham city council, John Clancy, expressing their frustration at the continuing dispute over waste management reform. Whilst

Conservative hat-trick forecast in Birmingham at General Election

• 29th April 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Andy Street, Featured, Gisela Stuart, Jack Dromey, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party (UK), News, Partner Posts, Recommended, Richard Burden

Iain Dale, the LBC broadcaster, blogger, publisher and former Conservative politician, is predicting that three Birmingham seats will switch from Labour to Conservative at the General Election on 8th June.

Labour champions ‘Brummie Bonds’ “breakthrough”

• 25th April 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Birmingham, Birmingham City council, birmingham independent improvement panel, Cllr John Clancy, Councils, Featured, housing, Jack Dromey, Liam Byrne, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Sion Simon

A pledge to build more homes has taken a “major step forward” following a multi-million pound deal between Birmingham city council and a leading institutional investor, according to West Midlands

MPs agree to repay £15,000 in Perry Barr Academy dontations

• 8th April 2016
• Paul Dale
• Councils, Education Funding Agency, Featured, Gisela Stuart, Jack Dromey, News, Partner Posts, Shabana Mahmood

Three Birmingham Labour MPs have agreed to pay back £15,000 in campaign donations they received from the Perry Beeches academy schools at the centre of financial mismanagement allegations. Jack Dromey

Labour MPs urged to repay £5,000 Perry Beeches Academy donations

• 6th April 2016
• Paul Dale
• Birmingham City council, Cllr Brigid Jones, Councils, Education Funding Agency, Featured, Gisela Stuart, Jack Dromey, Khalid Mahmood, News, Partner Posts, Shabana Mahmood, Sion Simon, Tom Watson

Three Birmingham Labour MPs have been urged to repay cash donations they received from a service company set up by the Perry Beeches Academy Trust, which is at the centre

The great European debate: is your MP in, out, or shaking it all about?

• 22nd February 2016
• Paul Dale
• Boris Johnson, Brussels, David Cameron, European Union, Featured, Gisela Stuart, Jack Dromey, Khalid Mahmood, Liam Byrne, News, Partner Posts

The question of whether Britain should remain a member of the European Union is proving as divisive in Birmingham and the West Midlands as it is inside David Cameron’s cabinet.

Greater Birmingham Streets ahead, thanks to our man at the DCLG

• 18th November 2015
• Paul Dale
• #ThinkBirmingham, Centre for Cities, Councils, Department for Communities and Local Government, Devolution, Featured, GBSLEP, Gisela Stuart, Greater Birmingham Combined Authority, Greg Clark, Jack Dromey, Khalid Mahmood, LEPs, Liam Byrne, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended, Shabana Mahmood, west midlands combined authority, WM2015

Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership chair Andy Street has been given a key role as a senior Government adviser,on the same day as West Midlands leaders sign devolution deal with Government.

West Midlands PCC condemns ‘farce’ of the £37m police grant that never was

• 10th November 2015
• Paul Dale
• David Jamieson, Featured, Jack Dromey, News, Partner Posts, Police Commissioners, West Midlands Police, West Midlands Police Commissioner, WMPCC

Police Commissioner David Jamieson has hit out at the “farce” of an additional £37 million the Government promised the West Midlands force, which has been delayed for a year after

MPs in a state over £8.5bn plan to close disused West Midlands police stations

• 5th October 2015
• Paul Dale
• David Jamieson, Featured, Ian Austin, Jack Dromey, News, Police Commissioners, Popular, Recommended, Shabana Mahmood, West Midlands Police, West Midlands Police Commissioner

A move by West Midlands Police to save £8.5 billion by closing 28 buildings has resulted in a storm of opposition, with both Labour and Tory MPs railing against the

Tom Watson, the biggest West Midlands beast in Team Corbyn, ‘may take special interest in Birmingham’

• 21st September 2015
• Paul Dale
• Birmingham City council, birmingham independent improvement panel, Councils, Featured, Jack Dromey, Jeremy Corbyn, Kerslake Review, Khalid Mahmood, Labour Party (UK), Liam Byrne, Lord Hunt, Lord Kerslake, News, Pat McFadden, Richard Burden, Sion Simon, Sir Albert Bore, Tom Watson

It took almost a week to find enough people willing to serve under him, but new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has finally named his full team of shadow ministers. Birmingham