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Jonathan Walker

The Birmingham Post's Political Editor based at Westminster.

London Midland promising capital improvements in rail services
Economic Development
London Midland has vowed to improve services from Staffordshire and Warwickshire to London, following complaints from a West Midlands MP.
Get ready for the upturn, minister tells West Midlands business
Manufacturing
West Midlands businesses must look beyond the recession and get ready for the upturn when it comes, a cabinet minister has warned.
We鈥檒l give NHS staff the right to speak out, says shadow minister
Economic Development
Every NHS worker will have a legal right to speak out if hospitals are failing their patients, under Conservative proposals.
Bravery awards sought for Midland heroes of the Holocaust
Economic Development
Midlands heroes of the Holocaust who saved lives during the Second World War should be honoured posthumously for their bravery, MPs have said.
Rogue travel agents turning Haj pilgrimage into a disaster zone, says MP
Economic Development
British Muslims making pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia are being ripped off by 鈥渞ogue travel agents鈥, a Birmingham MP has warned.
Midland council to be named and shamed by Audit Commission
Economic Development
A West Midlands council will be named and shamed by the Audit Commission today, as it publishes the results of an inquiry into how local authorities invested almost a billion pounds in failed Icelandic banks.
Health Secretary urges hospital consultants to report poor care
Economic Development
Health secretary Alan Johnson has urged consultants to blow the whistle on poor standards of healthcare after he was told about another West Midlands hospital where staff were afraid to speak out.
Auto industry called to give evidence of its plight
Manufacturing
Automotive manufacturers have been asked to submit evidence to a Commons inquiry into Government help for their industry.
Bullring on list of possible West Midlands terror targets
Economic Development
Police and the Home Office have identified 26 possible terror targets in Birmingham and the West Midlands.
Health minister resists calls to sack Stafford hospital boss
Economic Development
Mid Staffordshire Hospital Trust must sack the chief executive who presided over 鈥渁ppalling鈥 failings which may have led to hundreds of unnecessary death, MPs have demanded.
Sion Simon warns colleges will have to wait over expansion decisions
Economic Development
The Birmingham MP responsible for further education has warned colleges they must wait to learn whether planned building projects will be scrapped because of a funding crisis.
Watchdog inquiry on MPs' abuse of expenses
Economic Development
A sleaze watchdog is set to launch a wide-ranging inquiry into whether MPs abuse their expenses, after a second Government minister came under fire over claims for a second home.
Midland MP calls for end to creation of foundation hospitals
Economic Development
Controversial hospital reforms which contributed to the shocking failings at Mid Staffordshire Hospital should be ended immediately, according to a West Midlands MP.
Unemployment doubles in some of West Midlands' most affluent areas
Economic Development
Some of the most affluent areas of the West Midlands have seen the number of people out of work more than double in the past year.
Unemployment soaring in most unexpected places
Economic Development
For well-educated professionals and high-flying managers, a visit to the job centre may well be a new experience.
Hopes for LDV fade as deadline for takeover passes
Manufacturing
The future of Birmingham vanmaker LDV looked bleak today as proposals for a management buyout to save the firm appeared to have fallen through.
Funding crisis puts college expansions in doubt
Economic Development
A funding crisis which threatens expansion plans at 16 West Midlands colleges was condemned as 鈥渦nacceptable鈥 by the Birmingham MP responsible for further education.
Realising value of manufacturing may be silver lining to recession
Economic Development
The West Midlands will suffer more in the downturn than other regions because of its heavy reliance on manufacturing, the chief executive of the regional development agency has warned.
Government struggling to agree on vehicle finance support - minister
Manufacturing
Rival government departments are still struggling to come to an agreement over support for vehicle finance businesses, Black Country minister Ian Pearson has admitted.
Stafford hospital inqury ruled out as relatives seek truth
Economic Development
Health Secretary Alan Johnson has ruled out a public inqury into the Midlands hospital condemned for providing appalling standards of care.
Jaguar Land Rover doesn't want bail-out, just a simple loan
Economic Development
BMW chairman Norbert Reithofer raises valid concerns in his comments about government 鈥渂ail-outs鈥 in the automotive sector.
Stafford Hospital: Gordon Brown apologises to families of dead
Economic Development
Gordon Brown has apologised to patients and the relatives of those who died, after a Staffordshire hospital was condemned for providing appalling standards of care.
Birmingham MP Lynne Jones calls for talks with Hamas
Economic Development
Britain and the European Union should open negotiations with Hamas, according to a Birmingham MP who met the leader of the Palestinian organisation over the weekend.
'Sarah's Law' extended after success of West Midlands scheme
Economic Development
The so-called 鈥淪arah鈥檚 Law鈥 scheme giving parents the right to information about paedophiles who might threaten their children is to be extended after a pilot scheme in the West Midlands was branded a success.