Labour leader Ed Miliband has paid tribute to Lord Corbett of Castle Vale, the former MP for Birmingham Erdington, who has died aged 78.

He said: “It is with great sadness that I heard of the death of Robin Corbett. He was a good and principled man who will be...

Barrister and former Birmingham City Council manager Mirza Ahmad has announced he could stand as an independent candidate for Birmingham mayor if city residents vote to create one in May’s referendum.

Dr Ahmad, the council’s former Corporate Director of Governance, said he would “encourage people to vote for change from...

West Midlands Police may have to close stations and put officers in supermarkets and doctors surgeries instead, the Chief Constable has warned.

Chris Sims said he expected even more budget cuts in the years to come - on top of the £126 million the force has already been told to...

Birmingham continues to have one of the highest unemployment rates in the country with 51,000 people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance in the city, new figures show.

And the number of claimants has increased by 5,201 over the past 12 months.

Wolverhampton and Birmingham occupy two of the four worst places in the...

Work is set to begin on a long-awaited metro scheme in the heart of Birmingham city centre after the Government gave the project the final green light.

The £128 million extension to the Midland Metro from Snow Hill Station through the city centre to New Street Station could create 1,300...

David Cameron has recognised the work of Birmingham volunteers who run social media surgeries to help community groups, by handing them the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award.

Entrepreneur Nick Booth, founder of Digbeth-based Podnosh, received the award on behalf of volunteers who have taken part in the surgeries since they...

French prosecutors have launched a full inquiry into the Nazi-themed stag do attended by Staffordshire MP Aidan Burley.

According to French news agency AFP, the probe will look at allegations of defending war crimes or crimes against humanity; promoting racial hatred; wearing the uniform of an organisation that carried out...

The Government must press ahead with its controversial health reforms, the Birmingham head of one of Britain’s biggest hospitals has warned

Dame Julie Moore, chief executive of the trust behind the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Edgbaston, dismissed calls for David Cameron to scrap the Health and Social Care Bill, which...