“We would ask anybody not to take this matter into their own hands” For goodness sake it’s cleaning up graffiti not capturing an escaped lion from the zoo.

A new generation of New Towns will need a new generation of builders. As Chris Curtis MP argues on the blog today, SMEs must be a bigger part of the mix. To make that happen government must help level the playing field on regulation and funding. progressivebritain.org/to-build-the-n…

📨📷Are We Messengers? Join us at Queer Church Birmingham this Sunday 6 July where we explore and reflect on what it means to carry God's message. ● Seminar ● Group Discussion ● Social After 📷 #Birmingham #Birminghamuk

To mark Labour's first year in UK Government since 2010, we asked each Mission Champion for their thoughts on the Government's progress so far & what is still to be done. Read the first in the series by Dan Tomlinson MP, the Growth Mission Champion, below ⬇️ progressivebritain.org/labours-growth…

‘Help us build’ does not sound like co-leadership of a new party…

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NEW: John McDonnell, Diane Abbott and Clive Lewis have all said they will not leave Labour to join Jeremy Corbyn’s new party.

Tune in to episode nine of our Wales: A Work in Progress podcast series to hear David Melding and Glyndwr Cennydd Jones unpack their new booklet 'The Federal-Confederal Letters.' Listen to the podcast 👉 iwa.wales/podcasts/ Access the booklet 👉 simplebooklet.com/thefederalconf…

Celebrating my final day of being 32 by hosting an academic workshop for our upcoming book 'The Truss and Sunak premierships: the challenges of party renewal in the post-Johnson Conservative Party', with Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines.

New on the blog! The Federal-Confederal Letters by David Melding & Glyndwr Cennydd J These letters make the case for reform of the UK’s governing framework, through sharing views and experiences on models of devolution, federalism and confederalism Read more: edin.ac/44wXmJJ

‘Dear Diane Abbott, I’m Jewish, let me explain where you’ve gone wrong’ thetimes.com/article/4afeab…

This still feels like pitch to right of the party not country

Happy trans+ Birmingham pride! It was the first pride I have attended that has got physically attacked.

Birmingham fought for parliament and paid for it.

Birmingham fought for parliament and paid for it.

Birmingham women fighting to vote

Birmingham’s Joseph Chamberlain. Social reformer as well as imperialist. Responsible for ‘Joe’s War’

Birmingham’s Joseph Chamberlain. Social reformer as well as imperialist. Responsible for ‘Joe’s War’

Birmingham’s Joseph Chamberlain. Social reformer as well as imperialist. Responsible for ‘Joe’s War’