‘Govt’s business rates U-turn must go further than pubs’
Business leaders welcome climbdown but say it must extend to the whole hospitality sector Business leaders in the West Midlands are today urging.
Hospitality sector
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People
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Transport
Plan to improve West Midlands taxi passenger safety
Safety of women and girls is the focus of Govt’s overhaul of licensing system Government plans to overhaul taxi licensing aim to curb.
Politics
Transport
Government strategy to make roads safer welcomed by West Midlands Mayor
Across the UK four people die on the roads every day West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker has welcomed a government strategy to reduce.
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Transport
West Midlands scooter users’ views sought for Govt review
DfT seeks to modernise outdated mobility scooter laws with the aim of improving accessibility and safety The government has announced plans to update.
Birmingham
Environment
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Tories slam Labour-run Birmingham council as bin strikes hit one-year mark
‘Residents have had to deal with mounting piles of rubbish for a year now’ – Conservative opposition leader Labour-run Birmingham council’s “refusal to.
AI
Business News
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Govt invests £210m in protecting online public services
‘Cyber Action Plan’ can unlock £45bn in nationwide productivity gains The UK Government has unveiled a £210 million “Cyber Action Plan” to strengthen.
Dudley
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Transport
Snow joke: Dudley MP calls for more grit on the icy roads
Labour’s Sonia Kumar demands action from Tory-run Dudley council [Story updated on January 8, 2026] Sonia Kumar MP has called for urgent action.
Politics
Viewpoint
Is legislating lobster cooking a mark of moral progress?
Creating laws on cooking crustaceans – evidence of a government that has lost its way At a moment when Britain is wrestling with.
Defence
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Military gap years won’t fix a generation – but real investment might
It sounds like a winner – but time will tell if it really is the real deal The government’s new military gap year.
Agriculture
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Labour’s rural own goal on farm tax and trail hunting – countryside under siege
Farm tax U-turn fallout The government’s climbdown on the so-called farm tax is welcome. Necessary, even. After months of Whitehall deafness, muddy boots.