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Politics

All the latest national politics news plus the local issues affecting the Birmingham and West Midlands area.

Chinese investors attend Birmingham summit

China

Dozens of financiers head to Parliament to learn about opportunities in the city

Steven McCabe: Sex, drugs and exit from the EU?

European Union

The European flag — One of the reasons our GDP has increased is because of almost £10 billion extra being included to account for the sex and drugs trade estimated to be worth some £5.3 billion and £4.4 billion respectively.

West Midlands Police told to take immediate action over child sex abuse approach

West Midlands Police

Midland MP believes immigration is an issue Labour could win

Liam Byrne

UK Border Agency — Liam Byrne (Lab Hodge Hill) has urged Labour to back stricter controls on immigration - and insisted a tough approach would have the backing of ethnic minority voters.

Sutton Coldfield's green belt takes centre stage in housing battle

Sutton Coldfield

Green belt land in Walmley Ash Lane, near Sutton Coldfield, where Birmingham City Council is planning to build 6,000 houses — Four-week public inquiry launches into 17-year development plan for Birmingham with campaigners arguing that any development is going too far

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Opinion

Steven McCabe: Sex, drugs and exit from the EU?

European Union

One of the reasons our GDP has increased is because of almost £10 billion extra being included to account for the sex and drugs trade estimated to be worth some £5.3 billion and £4.4 billion respectively.

Rethinking EU membership

Peter Sharkey: Bid to give football fans a greater say in how clubs are run

Business of Sport

Randy Lerner — Politicians want supporters involved in ownership and decision-making

Jonathan Walker: Time to think the unthinkable on councillors' pay

Employment

Money — Holding down a job and being a councillor leaves precious little time for the other important things in life.

Local Government

Councils catch fraud worth £15.6 million in West Midlands

Local Government

Officials stopped 10,900 fraud scams aimed at local authorities in one year

Birmingham children's services spared from cutbacks

Debate kicks off search for a world famous Birmingham landmark

The Birmingham Big Art Project

Transforming the BT Tower into a pen nib sculpture was one idea put forward — A public forum has been held to discuss creating a piece of “innovative and highly visible” art which would put Birmingham on the map.

Osborne launches legislation to finally kill off regional development agencies

Chamber of Commerce

George Osborne launched a revolution in local government as he abolished the regional development agency and placed local councils in charge of boosting the West Midlands economy, in an emergency budget that slashed spending and drove up taxes.