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I’m simply thrilled to bits that LDV now has a new future in its sights. Its been months of round the clock work! I always said LDV could...

I was very proud to convene faith groups at the Pump in Shard End this morning to talk – with funders – about how we can bring faith...

A deal is close – with a new investor big enough to back LDV’s shift into the ‘green van’ market. I have asked Ministers and officials at...

Just as it’s time for the Tories to come clean on their spending plans, it’s also time for them to stop the hide and seek on MPs’...

My appearance now on Any Questions now online. http://tinyurl.com/d5kqzp. What a pleasure to listen so closely to Andrew Motion, our...

Home from Stratford’s Shakespeare Half Marathon with a new personal best of 1hr 56 minutes, 20 seconds – 2 minutes better than last year....

I mentioned that few had put the new Labour case for Alistair’s budget than John Reid. Meanwhile, for those who follow these things,...

Post-Budget, there’s an awful lot of nonsense knocking around about the ‘demise of new Labour’. Let me take this head on. New Labour has...

Part of the inspiration behind my involvement is the incredible work we’ve done with young people in Hodge Hill. They taught me that...

Here’s the text of my St George’s Day speech to think-tank, Quillam. My basic argument is simple. We need stronger shared values in our...

Good news in today’s Budget for charities who are doing such an amazing job helping people up and down the country. The big news was the...

The write-up in today’s Sunday Times of the weekly, reflective meetings I co-chair with Ed Balls is not only inaccurate, it’s nonsensical...

The 15 favourite books I’ve read this year… 1. Conscience of a Liberal. Paul Krugman. Extraordinary manifesto revealing depths of Pres...

More developments in ‘mask slipping’ at Conservative central office. Checking my records, it seems my opposite number, Francis Maude,...

It seems Mr Cameron only has to leave his post for a few hours for the Tory mask to slip. In the last couple of days we’ve seen the Tory...

Last week, I got the fantastic news that Leigh Road Primary School became the highest achieving primary school in the city – and entered...

A big thanks to the cast of regeneration leaders from Advantage West Midlands, the Home & Community Agency, the Learning & Skills...

If you saw the Evening Mail today, you’ll see me welcoming the arrival of Community Payback in Birmingham. It’s a simple idea. If you’ve...

The G20 is not only extraordinary news for the world economy – its fantastic news for Birmingham. Birmingham has always been a city...

I met Rev Jackson just before his appearance at the Home Affairs Select Committee. I had to warn him that my memories of the Committee...