Dire service for Brummies too but so little noise being made about it by our region's politicians - where is the 'active' outrage (rather than the odd moan on twitter) and demands for action?

An anti-poverty charity in Liverpool run by a temperamental former Labour councillor jumps from £900k income to £9m. What's going on?

Phenomenal investigation by my colleague Abi Whistance for The Post. Perplexing and heartbreaking in equal measure.

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This times a million. If your strategy only talks about people in the abstract - as numbers, percentages, ages, types - or places as cliches, please reconsider.

Was good to get a few minutes with @uklabour deputy leader Angela Rayner 🌹 to talk about poverty, knife crime, buses - the things that matter most to our readers. She didn’t appear to be in hiding as some have claimed - hard to do that in hi-vis tbh. birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

Burn 🔥

Usual excellence from the fab @bozzers - everyone wants a piece of this gal because her writing is so damned fine. This isn’t even her finest work ‘this week’ - that’s how good she is. (Sham Stonehenge wins that particular prize 😂)

Brilliant…

If you're a fan of Hip Hop and you're in Birmingham today you need to head over to The Legacy Centre of Excellence for a jam packed day filled with activities and live performances

It's about to be an amazing day!

🎟️ eventbrite.co.uk/e/hip-hop-50-b…

Rayner — hang her!

Wragg — move on.

Tory logic — minor civil misdemeanor before becoming an MP, versus national security risk in office.

ICYMI - my long read about catching out a racist and why this must not be the end of the story. You can subscribe for free or pay a few quid for a year’s full access, lots of goodies on the way for anyone who cares about #Birmingham open.substack.com/pub/insidebirm…

Look what's tear-arsing it's way into your local newsagents this weekend... 👀🐂

Also, 🔥Liz Truss’s autobiography extracts have just dropped … and it’s clear it’s going to be an absolute banger

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

In this tiny extract the Queen dies - and Truss is moved to ask “Why me?”

Learned today that the online consultation for Harborne Library took place yesterday! As local councillor I wasn’t informed, and not aware of any local publicity for the event. This is not proper consultation! We have a ‘Save Harborne Library’ meeting on 24 April - please come!

If you can , please support SIFA Fireside , who do amazing work in our city 👇
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Really important work here led by Cllr Kerry Jenkins🌹 Bham City Council - we must protect our kids better

You did her proud, what a lovely tribute
Mar Dixon ☕️🎭🗿🏛❤️ Linda Spurdle

New from me: ‘I caught a racist and it’s just the start of the story’ - in which I explore the context for a @bhamcitycouncil member’s downfall and how it can put right. Read free here: insidebirmingham.substack.com/p/i-caught-a-c… #noexcuseforracism

🎧NEW PODCAST | Key races in the 2024 metro mayor elections

Andrew Carter is joined by Rob Parsons, Jane Haynes and Oliver Pridmore for insights into several of the candidates for the upcoming #MetroMayor elections.

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This is leadership in action - instant response of interim CEO @bhamcitycouncil to ensure staff know support is available when they heard of racist councillor, who many would have worked alongside. birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-…

It really is getting bleak out there for journalism, whether specialist, msm, for the masses, or niche. If you know a good one please let them know. We can't all become press officers and consultants, or start up our own blogs and newsletters, no matter how good they are.