A blue dawn in Brum
Fourteen years of Labour dominance are over. How will a new 'rainbow' council coalition fare?
Politics
Exclusive: Why did Shabana Mahmood vote using the wrong ballot in 2004?
A new postal vote discrepancy – and two very similar signatures
Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood’s postal ballot was investigated in a 2004 vote-rigging scandal in Birmingham
The future home secretary submitted two postal ballot documents with very different signatures
The dreams and dilemmas of Brum’s young Tories
‘The problem is, if you wear a business suit you look like you’ve stolen it off your dad’
2,500 open cases: a day inside Birmingham's courts
Double-booked interpreters, broken screens, and a system buckling under a backlog that's doubled since 2019
Inside the power struggle at Reform UK Birmingham
The party’s new recruits are locking horns with its old guard
Data report: Birmingham Labour is in deep trouble
There are a lot of variables in the mix this election — and all of them look bad for the ruling party
How the BNP almost conquered the Black Country
Simon Darby led a far-right insurgency in the West Midlands in the 2000s. Two decades later, how much has changed?
The fall of Craig Guildford: How botched intelligence brought down a chief constable
The police leader has retired following Maccabi fan ban 'blunders'
Cllr Akhlaq Ahmed wants to stamp out HMOs in his ward. What about the one his wife owns?
The house in Hall Green North is a supported exempt accommodation
‘Woeful consultation’ and ‘broken promises’ over council asset sales
Councillors have challenged a recent decision to flog off council assets, including multiple green spaces
The numbers that reveal Birmingham didn’t have to go bankrupt
New analysis by accounting experts has found that the council’s financial health was much better than reported when it raised the alarm back in 2023
Let the battle for Moseley commence!
‘Well, who's being divisive?’
A controversial football fanbase is coming to town. Will unrest follow?
When Maccabi Tel Aviv played in Amsterdam there was fighting in the streets. Now they’re heading to Villa Park.
Red flags: The non-existent company behind Brum's Union Jacks
'It's 100% legitimate'
Does this councillor know where his on-the-run criminal brother is?
Plus, Birmingham loses out on new towns