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Jonathan Walker

The Birmingham Post's Political Editor based at Westminster.

Brum's Olympic village
Economic Development
Birmingham is in negotiations with London Mayor Ken Livingstone to ensure the city plays a major role in the 2012 Olympic Games.
Brakes applied to new toll road plan
Economic Development
Ministers have delayed a decision on a new toll motorway linking Birmingham and Manchester after revealing "no consensus" exists on the proposals.
Health trust in '拢12m shortfall'
Economic Development
A Birmingham health trust is underfunded by 拢12 million, an independent report has revealed.
Prescott attacked for green-belt homes plan
Economic Development
John Prescott has been accused of launching an " assault on the green belt" after he unveiled planning reforms designed to find land for 1.1 million new homes.
Warning to health trusts as 拢5m debt is revealed
Economic Development
The scale of the financial crisis facing health services across the Midlands has been exposed after the Department of Health wrote to 20 Midland trusts warning they had " significant" budget deficits.
Government put brakes on speed cameras
Economic Development
Ministers are blocking the installation of more than 80 speed cameras across the West Midlands.
Pressure on MPs to lobby for Brum
Economic Development
Business and civic leaders are to meet Birmingham's MPs for a pioneering summit in London to boost the city's lobbying in Whitehall.
Northfield MP criticises Israel
Economic Development
Birmingham MP Richard Burden has led 160 MPs in condemning Israel's failure to let the Palestinians form their own state.
MPs back cleaners' strike action
Economic Development
Midland MPs are backing strike action by House of Commons staff which will force them to clean their own offices.
New law to clean up wards
Economic Development
Health managers will face the sack if they fail to clean up wards, under new laws to be announced today .
Force criticised over rape inquiries
Economic Development
Warwickshire Police has been criticised after figures revealed clean-up rates for rape were much lower than in other parts of the country.
Religious hatred law 'may mean films ban'
Economic Development
Laws to outlaw religious hatred could lead to a ban on films such as Monty Python's Life of Brian, a Midland MP has warned.
City MP targets care of elderly as top priority
Economic Development
A Birmingham MP and Health Minister is to tour hospitals across the country to ensure elderly patients are not being mistreated.
Children's right to give organs
Economic Development
Children will be allowed to give their consent for their organs to be removed after death, under new guidelines designed to prevent a repeat of the organ retention scandal at Birmingham Children's Hospital.
Cameron can restore the Tory brand, claims Luff
Economic Development
Senior Midland Conservative Peter Luff has warned that the Tory brand is ?tainted?
Police step up bombings investigation
Economic Development
Police investigating the London bombings have no idea whether the terrorists responsible have fled abroad, died in the explosions, or are planning further atrocities, they admitted last night.
Prescott to intervene with Staffs quango
Economic Development
John Prescott has promised to intervene in a row between a Midland MP and a Government quango spending 拢95 million of taxpayer's money.
MPs in fear of election suicide bid to cripple Government
Economic Development
A fanatical protester could cripple the Government by committing suicide, a Midland MP has warned.
Gloomy outlook for Brum Met centre
Economic Development
Birmingham's weather centre faces the axe under Met Office proposals to close its regional offices.
Tory for the common people
Economic Development
Conservative leadership contender David Davis has vowed to lead his party back to victory with a "freedom-based" agenda.
Build more council homes, urge Midland MPs
Economic Development
A failure to build new council houses is forcing residents to accept "latter-day Rachmans" as private landlords or take out mortgages they cannot afford, Midland MPs have warned.
Ministers stay silent on Rover talks
Economic Development
Ministers have defied calls to reveal details of their conversations with Rover directors in the run-up to the car giant's collapse.
House of Commons compared to a pantomime
Economic Development
The House of Commons has been compared to "a pantomime" by a Midland MP because of its 18th century traditions.
City warned of ethnic tensions
Economic Development
Birmingham has been warned it needs greater integration of its ethnic minorities to ease racial tensions and hostility towards asylum seekers and refugees.