Jane Haynes

It takes 30 seconds to walk from one end to the other of the disgusting flytipped mountain of rubbish that's appeared in Maidstone Road in Aston.

Birmingham City Council and the unions GMB and Unison have reached agreement in principle on equal pay after a three year legal battle and negotiations

Coun Martin Brooks has announced his resignation from the Labour Party and is now an Independent

Veteran Birmingham city councillor Martin Brooks has resigned from the Labour Party with a dramatic swipe at the city's leaders and the national Government.

Urgent questions are facing Birmingham City Council's political leaders and officials over why they used a wild 'guesstimate' on equal pay - now found to be massively inaccurate - when declaring its de facto bankruptcy.

A ballot of 400 bin workers in Birmingham has concluded but the result is being kept 'secret'

New Devolution White Paper paves way for centralising powers in the hands of West Midlands' mayor Richard Parker

West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker is set to become the single most powerful politician in the West Midlands, bar none.

Demands for urgent review of West Midlands Pension Fund in overpayment row

Calls for a new role championing child poverty at the highest levels of local government, health and social care have been rejected by the Labour council