Brigid Jones
Unlocking investment in East Birmingham and North Solihull
Cllr Brigid Jones says greenlighting the investment zones proposition for East Birmingham and North Solihull would drive and unlock economic growth and raise productivity.
Birmingham loses a political giant
Brigid Jones pays tribute to Theresa Stewart – the only woman to have led Britain’s largest local authority – and says her ‘legacy lives on in the women councillors she encouraged and inspired’.
Co-designing the West Midlands’ future democracy with young people
Cllr Brigid Jones says this week - which includes International Youth Day - is a fitting time to reflect on why the West Midlands Combined Authority has launched the Young Combined Authority.
Women's role in local government held back by 'serious structural problems'
We need radical reform of the way a councillor's role works to ensure a much needed increase in the proportion of women politicians in local government, writes Brigid Jones