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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

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

Hezza: Give Metro Mayors greater powers to deliver housing, skills and jobs

  • 2nd July 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • #ThinkBirmingham, Andy Burnham, Andy Street, Devolution, News, Partner Posts, WMCA
Britain’s metro mayors should be given greater powers over housing, schools and jobs to truly transform English cities and drive the economy, a new report from former Deputy Prime Minister

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,

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,

‘Stained glass’ technique kills deadly hospital bacteria

  • 5th March 2019
  • Aston University news stories
  • Home page news, News, Partner Posts, Top story
Scientists at Aston University have discovered a technique similar to medieval stained glass-making that can completely eradicate the deadliest hospital infections within hours.

The Gendered Brain: pink and blue or fifty shades of grey matter?

  • 28th February 2019
  • Aston University news stories
  • Home page news, News, Partner Posts, Second level story
The age-old concept that brains, like bodies, are either female or male is inaccurate and misleading Professor Gina Rippon argues in research published in her new book.

Region needs more jobs, higher skills and better housing – report

  • 28th February 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Featured, housing, News, Partner Posts, Popular, skills, west midlands combined authority
A new report into economic injustice in Birmingham and the Black Country paints a stark picture about the state of the area, notably in skills and housing. Whilst the story
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