Exclusive: Court transcripts contradict Shabana Mahmood’s denials about a notorious vote-rigging case
The judge in the case says the home secretary’s statement ‘appears to bear no relation to reality’
Investigations
The Black Country’s mental health trust is in a worsening crisis
In hospitals intended to provide a ‘place of safety’, five people have died in three years
Exclusive: Why did Shabana Mahmood vote using the wrong ballot in 2004?
A new postal vote discrepancy – and two very similar signatures
Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood’s postal ballot was investigated in a 2004 vote-rigging scandal in Birmingham
The future home secretary submitted two postal ballot documents with very different signatures
Yorks cafes: inside the collapse of a coffee kingdom
Simon York Ford fled debt in Dubai. Now it’s on his doorstep
40 Birmingham homes are going up for auction today. Why didn’t the tenants know?
‘Someone just turned up and said ‘we’re your new landlords’’
In Moseley, a multi-million pound London property firm is making life hell
The property management company Freshwater is nearly tripling fees for Wakefield Court residents. Many can’t afford it.
The headteacher’s missing receipts: how did a Selly Oak school get into £400,000 of debt?
Parents at Raddlebarn Primary tried to raise the alarm. The council investigated them for bullying
Competing vigils for sex attack victim expose divides among Smethwick’s Sikhs
‘We are actively trying to stop them’
Backlash at BCU: the divisive reign of David Mba
The vice chancellor says he's bringing much needed change - and anyone who disagrees can get out of his way
Is this millionaire councillor lying about his address?
Wolverhampton's Milkinderpal Jaspal claims he lives in an Air BnB above a garage
Regional mayors paid £3m to a training company. What did they get in return?
Inside the collapse of Redstone Training
Leaked recordings and scheming councillors: did Labour councillors engage in a ‘campaign of abuse’?
Shabina Bano claims she was the victim of bullying, harassment and misogyny by her former Birmingham Labour colleagues
Waseem Zaffar’s house was turned into a filthy HMO. He says he has nothing to do with it
The former Birmingham City Council cabinet member has previously complained about the excess of HMOs in the city
Investigation: Raja Khan’s empire of dirt
How a negligent housing provider courted Birmingham’s bigwigs
A shock letter & a silent councillor: what really happened at Baby Aid Birmingham
And what it says about our city leaders