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Birmingham business leaders and politicians are demanding greater support from the government for city traders amid the coronavirus crisis and impending second lockdown. City MPs including Liam Byrne, Preet Kaur Gill and Shabana Mahmood have added their names to an official letter from Birmingham City Council and the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce requesting additional support for local…
Controversial politician George Galloway locked horns with Khalid Mahmood in Birmingham at a General Election hustings on Saturday, in an exchange that ended with Galloway leaving the room and Mahmood demanding he stay to finish the discussion. MP candidates Galloway (Independent – West Brom West) and Mahmood (Labour – Birmingham Perry Barr) got into the…
Firebrand former Labour MP George Galloway and Perry Barr’s Khalid Mahmood are taking part in a hustings in Birmingham ahead of this month’s General Election. The political heavyweights are taking part in a Q&A panel arranged by popular city broadcaster New Style Radio which will be chaired by Charmaine Burton, presenter of the ‘Different Anglez’ current affairs…