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Jonathan Walker

The Birmingham Post's Political Editor based at Westminster.

Jonathan Walker: Midlands devolution fever could end in tiers
Opinion
In the wake of the Scottish referendum there are calls to change the way England is governed.
Mark Rogers: Let's stop poring over Birmingham's failings
Economic Development
The council chief pointed out that the city has been the subject of a range of inquiries by the Government and official inspectors in the past year
Give England its own Parliament if Scots stay, says MP
Economic Development
Plans to聽devolve even more powers to Scotland if it stays in the United Kingdom must be matched by the creation of a powerful English Parliament, according to a Labour MP
Ministers insist West Midlands will benefit from a controversial US trade deal
Economic Development
Ministers have insisted the West Midlands will benefit from a controversial new trade deal with the United States.
Outgoing Dudley South MP gave just five Commons speeches in 2014
Economic Development
Chris Kelly stunned colleagues by announcing he is to stand down at the 2015 General Election after becoming MP for Dudley South in 2010.
Birmingham has "flatlined" warns top civil servant leading Government review into city's problems
Economic Development
The Trojan Horse affair, failing child protection services and Birmingham鈥檚 massive debts have led central government to launch an inquiry into what鈥檚 gone wrong in the city.
Jonathan Walker: Birmingham City Council is wrong to say we don't need major party conferences in the city
Opinion
Party conferences are a chance to get the nation's top politicians, journalists, charity heads and business leaders into the city - but Birmingham is turning them away.
Lib Dem MP Lorely Burt defies party over runway extensions
Economic Development
Member for Solihull says she wants to leave the door open for expansion of sites such as Birmingham Airport
Chris Kelly loses 拢500k bet after standing down as MP
Economic Development
Tory Chris Kelly is to stand down at the 2015 General Election after becoming MP for Dudley South in 2010
Birmingham project helping desperate families is threatened with closure
Economic Development
The SWEET project, which provides free support for more than 450 families and individuals, faces closure because of Department of Health funding cuts.
Number of 30-plus classes in West Midlands soars
Economic Development
Labour accused the Government of squandering money on pet projects such as free schools instead of providing more teachers and classrooms where they were needed
Birmingham MP Shabana Mahmood defies Ed Miliband and insists she still backs Israeli settlement boycott
Economic Development
Birmingham MP who helped close city supermarket in Gaza protest says she won't back down after leadership tells her to stop campaign
Jonathan Walker: Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant takes on Speaker John Bercow
Opinion
Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow has found his match in Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant.
Voters want "big changes" - and only the Greens can deliver, says party leader Natalie Bennett
Economic Development
The Green Party want to tax the rich, tax supermarkets and nationalise the railways. As she prepares for their annual conference in Birmingham, party leader Natalie Bennett tells the Birmingham Post why聽voters are going Green.
Jonathan Walker: Why employment figures for the West Midlands make the best of a bad job
Opinion
Iain Duncan Smith does not explain the gap between falling unemployment and rising employment.
Unemployment in the West Midlands: what's really happening
Economic Development
The Government boasts that unemployment is falling but our analysis of the data suggests that's only part of the story - as thousands of workers are stuck in part time or temporary jobs.
Right support would see '海角视频 lead world in low-emission cars'
Economic Development
MPs call on government to pump investment into R&D for green cars to make 海角视频 a world leader
A third of young adults in the West Midlands living with their parents
Economic Development
The 'clipped wing generation' are finding themselves with no choice but to remain living with mum and dad well into adulthood
Jonathan Walker: Could the West Midlands be squeezed in a north-south vice?
Opinion
Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester could join up to form a mega-city, but what would this mean for Birmingham?
George Osborne set to ramp up pressure to have elected mayors
Economic Development
More funding and powers if cities agree to new political system already rejected in referendum
Birmingham looks at 'diesel tax' in bid to cut congestion
Economic Development
Charges are back on the agenda as council comes under pressure to cut pollution
West Midlands police forces praised for cutting jobs to save millions
Economic Development
The four police forces in the region have faced funding cuts of 拢300 million between them
Unpopular he may be - but he is likely to be PM
Opinion
Labour leader Ed Miliband has faced criticism from within his own ranks yet looks set to lead polls next year.
Trojan Horse inquiry uncovers campaign of 'aggressive Islamic ethos'
Economic Development
Pupils branded "kaffir" if they did not attend prayers and non-Muslim children excluded from school trips designed to teach languages but which were really religious pilgrimages