While I support the principle of these zones, a poorly executed plan will bring up the cost of living.
Whitehall must understand that if an algorithm offers up cherished green spaces to hungry developers, there will be a local backlash.
The relocation of a National Express bus depot for the Commonwealth Games athlete’s village will cost £15.5m – eight times more than budgeted.
Meanwhile Julian Knight asks if the Birmingham bin strike is a warning of what the nation will face under “a hard-left Labour Government”.
The structure and management of the council needs total reform. I would reduce the current 101 councillors to around 30.
In the last financial year, there were over 500 council employees earning more than the Prime Minister.