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Jonathan Walker

The Birmingham Post's Political Editor based at Westminster.

Closures threat in hospital deficit
Economic Development
Good Hope Hospital could close wards and operating theatres after revealing it is heading for a 拢47.5 m deficit.
Residents should control council funding
Economic Development
Residents should have direct control over council funding decisions, a senior Government Minister said yesterday.
Black Country's aging transport network 'must improve'
Economic Development
Business leaders have launched a major campaign to improve the Black Country's creaking transport network.
How your DIY could really cost you
Economic Development
One of the country's leading retailers has called on the Government to scrap plans which could result in green-fingered householders facing higher council tax bills.
MP in free flights probe
Economic Development
A senior Midland MP has admitted failing to tell an electoral watchdog about free long-distance flights donated by an offshore aviation company.
MG Rover on road back - to Coventry
Economic Development
MG Rover sports cars could be built in the West Midlands again - but in Coventry rather than Birmingham.
Fund for poor cut by 拢3.2m
Economic Development
The fund responsible for tackling deprivation in Birmingham has been fined ten per cent of its budget for "poor performance".
Force unanimously rejects merger plan
Economic Development
A Midland police authority has unanimously rejected the Home Secretary's call for its force to volunteer to merge with three other constabularies.
Bar shuts as MPs cut out booze
Economic Development
MPs have decided to close a well-known House of Commons bar - because they are not drinking enough.
Ash to ashes
Economic Development
The days of a pint and a cigarette will soon be over after MPs voted overwhelmingly to ban smoking in every British pub and club.
MP misses crucial bills for his family
Economic Development
A Labour MP will miss three crunch House of Commons votes because he has decided to spend half-term with his children.
NHS to advertise for patients
Economic Development
Hospitals have been given the green light to spend money advertising for patients by a senior Government Minister.
As an absent Blair survives key vote, be warned... Big Brother is now watching you
Economic Development
An absent Tony Blair won a crucial victory last night after MPs voted to support the Government's plans for identity cards.
Heads meet PM in trust schools talk
Economic Development
Leading Midland headteachers met Tony Blair in Downing Street yesterday to discuss sponsoring the new generation of controversial "trust schools".
Radical changes in way cities are run due out this summer
Economic Development
Radical proposals to change the way cities such as Birmingham are governed will be unveiled this summer.
Midland rail misery as trains cancelled
Economic Development
The crumbling state of the Midland rail network has been exposed by Government figures which reveal Central Trains is cancelling one service every half an hour.
MP's plan to improve standards of care
Economic Development
Care homes which starve elderly residents or give them the wrong medicines have been targeted by a Birmingham MP.
Rebels will fight on in battle over education
Economic Development
The battle against Tony Blair's education policy will continue despite Government concessions, former Education Secretary Estelle Morris said.
Brown tours provinces while Blair squirms
Economic Development
Gordon Brown asserted his claim to the Labour leadership in Birmingham yesterday, as Tony Blair struggled to maintain authority at Westminster.
Superbug hit squads to clean up wards
Economic Development
An infection hit squad is to clear up wards in two Midland hospitals after Ministers admitted the NHS was failing to cut MRSA rates quickly enough.
Clarke to push ahead with police merger
Economic Development
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has sounded the death knell for West Mercia Police, announcing the "only acceptable option" is a full merger with neighbouring forces including West Midlands.
Anger over plans to relocate base
Economic Development
A spending watchdog is investigating plans to move a military base from Shropshire to Bristol at the cost of 468 jobs.
Midland MP backs bid to raise smoking age
Economic Development
Plans to raise the age limit for buying cigarettes to 18 have been welcomed by a Midland MP.
City still in fight for super casino
Economic Development
The man responsible for deciding the location of Britain's first Las Vegas-style casino insisted he had an "entirely open mind" as he formally invited councils to submit bids.