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Jonathan Walker

The Birmingham Post's Political Editor based at Westminster.

Minister promises extra rail services
Economic Development
An extra 40 train services a day will run in the West Midlands when new franchises are awarded, Ministers have promised.
Fat people face GPs' rejection
Economic Development
A Birmingham MP has claimed that patients could be turned away from doctor's surgeries because they're too fat.
Severn Trent in 'big fine' warning
Economic Development
Severn Trent Water has been warned it faces a heavy fine for poor customer service - just hours after it picked up an award for its conservation work.
More NHS jobs will be axed, warns Hewitt
Economic Development
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt yesterday warned more NHS jobs will need to be axed, as it was revealed Midland hospitals and health s ervices overspent by 拢81 million last year.
Labour must stop BNP rise, says MP
Economic Development
Labour must give white working class people a fairer deal in order to stop the rise of the BNP, a Birmingham MP has told the Prime Minister.
Unions slam Tesco help for NHS
Economic Development
Tesco and BMW have been helping a Birmingham hospital improve its services to patients, its chief executive told Tony Blair yesterday.
Blair and Cameron swap roles for day
Economic Development
Tony Blair and David Cameron were engaged in a battle to portray themselves as the champions of public sector workers last night.
Ban spray paint to stop graffiti artists
Economic Development
Spray paint cans should be banned to stop graffiti artists in their tracks, according to an MP.
Robinson to ask for re-think on casinos
Economic Development
Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell is being urged to overturn the decision to reject every bid for a regional casino in the West Midlands.
Overpaid tax credits bill for region is 拢150m
Economic Development
More than 拢150 million has been wrongly paid out to families in the West Midlands because of failings in the tax credit system.
Deadline nears for police
Economic Development
West Mercia Police Authority will decide this week whether to apply for a judicial review of plans to create a giant regional police force.
Consultants costing more than NHS debt
Economic Development
Management consultants are costing taxpayers /authors/jonathan-walker/998 million a year - /authors/jonathan-walker/375 million more than the projected deficit for the whole of the NHS.
Prescott hounded by Tory attacks
Economic Development
John Prescott was under fresh pressure to quit over his affair with a secretary today, following claims that it breached his own department's staff handbook.
Railway vandalism 'must be tackled'
Economic Development
Vandals put railway passengers and themselves in danger by damaging tracks 42 times in the West Midlands last year.
Pension reforms 'will cost small firms jobs'
Economic Development
Pension reforms designed to prevent millions suffering poverty in old age could destroy jobs, business leaders warned last night.
Turner sets state pension age at 68
Economic Development
School leavers face working until they are 68 under long-awaited reforms to the pensions system unveiled yesterday.
Reid throws Midlands force a merger lifeline
Economic Development
A lifeline was thrown to West Mercia Police last night , when new Home Secretary John Reid said he didn't want to impose an unpopular merger.
Toll profits will pay for new link road
Economic Development
A new link road from the M54 to the M6 Toll is to be built with the profits made from Britain's first toll motorway.
Tories get Blair reforms through
Economic Development
Tony Blair's education reforms passed their final Commons hurdle yesterday - but only because of Conservative support.
Another stitch-up for West Midlands
Economic Development
MPs have demanded an explanation for the extraordinary snub to the Midlands after all three bids for a super-casino in the region were rejected.
Anger at Peugeot lame duck jibe
Economic Development
Peugeot's Coventry factory was labelled a "lame duck" by Ministers who ruled it should not be saved, union leaders have claimed.
Reid rounds on his own department
Economic Development
Home Secretary John Reid lashed out at his own department's shortcomings after a series of failures over immigration and asylum.
Government set to miss the bus targets
Economic Development
The Government is set to miss its target of increasing bus use in the West Midlands, MPs have warned.
Rent is cheap in heroin capital of England
Economic Development
The West Midlands is the heroin capital of England, with more seizures of the drug than any other part of the country.