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Below is the full text of my John Smith Annual Finance Lecture; The New Opportunity Economy. There’s a bit of a trail in the Guardian...

Here’s the link to my rather long Channel 4 interview about George Osborne’s school-boy economics. A transcript of my Sky interview is...

First, a huge thank you to the great race organisers at the National Institute for Conductive Education, who organised the fab 10K in...

The OECD says fighting unemployment – not cutting back inthe middle of the recession – has to be everyone’s top priority; ‘Helping the...

Video of Hodge Hill youth group report back from Sweden on how we could – and should – put sport for young people within easy reach now...

A simply incredulous attack on the cost of fighting the recession, from Mr Cameron today. He has attacked this month’s deficit figures;...

After street surgeries in Bordesley Green yesterday, I had the incredible privilige last night of hearing the report back of a dozen...

So here’s a bit of a round-up. Bottom-line; encouraging signs that the shot in the arm we gave the economy is beginning to work – hence...

More on the the precise nature of the extra help from Government that Mr Cameron says we ‘can’t afford’. As economists Paul Krugman,...

I’ve reported before on the fantastic £9.5 million new Colebourne and Beaufort School, which I helped open with Schools Secretary Ed...

Nick Robinson put it rather well last night. The political divide in Britain has been clear for some time. But with Mr Cameron’s speech...

George Osborne today did a good impression on the Marr show, of being completely detached from the economic realities of the moment. On...

Here’s a summary of some of the key G20 outomes, agreed yesterday. The meeting of finance ministers was ahead of this month’s Pittsburgh...

For those who take an interest in these things…here’s the link to Alistair Darling’s interview in the Times, and below is the part of the...

I interviewed Amartya Sen today for something I’m writing about how important communities are to helping people really get on in life,...

When I scraped home in the 2004 Hodge Hill by-election by 450 votes, I knew I had a fight on my hands to win the next election. But as we...

The police divide Washwood Heath into two, east and west. The online crime map for Washwood Heath West is here. The police priorities are...

The online crime maps for Ward End is here. The police priorities are here.

The online crime map for Alum Rock is here. The police priorities are here.

The online crime map for Lea Village is here. The police priorities are here. #LeaVillage