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Jonathan Walker

The Birmingham Post's Political Editor based at Westminster.

Chief constables refuse to back down over Andrew Mitchell ‘plebgate’ row
Economic Development
Midland police forces at odds with MPs and Government after Independent Police Complaints Commission probe
Police's own inquiry into "plebgate" officers DID find evidence of misconduct
Economic Development
The initial draft of West Mercia Police's inquiry into three officers accused of stitching up Birmingham MP Andrew Mitchell did find that "there was a case to answer for misconduct", it has emerged.
West Mids Police Commissioner condemns Government "fast track" plans
Economic Development
Bob Jones, Police and Crime Commissioner of West Midlands Police, has attacked plans to let new entrants go straight into top jobs in the police force.
Schools must include "white culture" to boost achievement, says MP
Economic Development
MP Richard Burden is urging schools to include more "white working class" culture - but to oppose "divisive" organisations such as the BNP.
Labour's pledge to probe construction industry blacklist scandal
Economic Development
Firms were exposed as running a secret blacklist naming specific workers as troublemakers who should not be employed.
Is Labour preparing for a low-speed U-turn?
Opinion
Have Labour turned against HS2? Most political journalists at Westminster believe so, but the truth is that we don’t really know.
MP tells bedroom tax tenants to take in a lodger
Economic Development
Yardley MP says those hit by benefit cuts could rent out a spare room to make ends meet
Jack Dromey joins Labour's Shadow Home Office team
Economic Development
Birmingham Erdington MP appointed Shadow Police Minister in Ed Miliband's front bench
Jack Dromey becomes Shadow Police Minister in Miliband reshuffle
Economic Development
Birmingham MPs Jack Dromey and Shabana Mahmood get new Shadow Ministerial roles while Liam Byrne is demoted and Bromsgrove Tory Sajid Javid is promoted
Liam Byrne loses Labour Shadow Cabinet role in Miliband reshuffle
Economic Development
Hodge Hill MP handed junior role reporting to Shadow Business Secretary
Digby Jones: Labour are waging war on business
Economic Development
The peer, a former head of the CBI, hit out at Labour policies, including reversing corporation tax cuts
Andrew Mitchell deluged by well-wishers at Tory conference
Economic Development
Jonathan Walker interviews the Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield at the party's gathering in Manchester.
Renewed Tories playing Labour at its own game
Opinion
Tory backbenchers want David Cameron to steal Labour's thunder with policies to cut the cost of living - and win over trade unionists.
We WILL build HS2 high speed rail line, pledges David Cameron
Economic Development
Prime Minister shrugs off criticism of high speed rail, defends spending cuts and criticises Labour's fuel bill freeze in run-up to party conference.
A speech welcomed by the left – and the right
Opinion
Conservatives will gather in Manchester for their annual conference in high spirits – but any hint of triumphalism could be their undoing.
The party that blinks first on HS2 ‘will not be forgotten', says airport director
Economic Development
Labour had previously warned that it would end its support plans for a new high speed rail line linking Birmingham, London, Leeds and Manchester if the cost exceeded £50 billion
Labour MP Liam Byrne calls for Atos to be axed
Economic Development
Hodge Hill MP and Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, said Atos is getting too much wrong and should be dismissed immediately
Time for Ed Miliband to show us what he's made of
Opinion
Tony Blair offered simple policies which promised to make a difference to voters' lives. Ed Miliband should follow his example.
Ed still has to sell himself as potential PM to the voters
Opinion
Labour has a challenging task, the party needs to convince voters that Ed Miliband is the right person to be Prime Minister.
Clegg "sympathises" with teachers who object to veils
Economic Development
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has rejected laws banning veils but says there is a debate about when they are appropriate
Midlands may not have enough skills to keep up with Jaguar Land Rover expansion
Manufacturing
Plans for expanded Solihull site may see JLR recruitment spread beyond region
Clegg's balancing act at the Lib Dem conference
Opinion
Liberal Democrats will argue that the task of getting the º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s finances in order is not completed, and that Labour cannot be trusted to do the job.
Former MP Jacqui Smith gets top job at QE Hospital
Economic Development
Politician who lost her Redditch seat after being embroiled in an expenses scandal is to become chair of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust
HS2: West Midlands economy will receive £3.1bn boost, claims new study
Economic Development
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin launches campaign to win support for the planned North-South line