Party Conference Season

5:00 pm, Wed 10 Oct 2012

Restaurant owner speaks of PM's balti visit

The owner of Diwan Balti Restaurant in Moseley, Bosir Miah, says he's honoured that David Cameron and his wife Samantha chose to come to his restaurant to celebrate the Prime Minister's birthday.

2:38 pm, Wed 10 Oct 2012

Conservative party leaves Birmingham after conference

Just leaving what has been a great #cpc12. A big thank you to all involved, we really showed that 'Britain can deliver' http://t.co/Cam3fO3c

From @David_Cameron on Twitter: ( 1:34 pm, Wed 10 Oct 2012)

Former Remploy workers to protest at Tory Conference

Former workers to protest outside Tory Conference Credit: ITV Central

Disabled workers who have lost their jobs following the closure of Remploy factories are to stage a protest outside the Conservative Party Conference later.

Twenty-four sites were closed in August as part of government cut backs.

The Leicester and Stoke-on-Trent factories are among three more due to shut later this year and and the future of a further 18 are uncertain.

7:48 pm, Tue 09 Oct 2012

Home secretary defends cuts to Midlands' police budgets

The Home Secretary Theresa May has been defending twenty per cent cuts to Midlands' police budgets, insisting that because of the perilous state of the economy, there is 'no alternative'. Full report by Central Tonight's political correspondent Alison Mackenzie

4:13 pm, Tue 09 Oct 2012

West Midlands Police: '1,600 officers to go before 2015'

Ian Edwards, from West Midlands Police, says 5,600 officers will lose their jobs across the country by 2015.

2:28 pm, Tue 09 Oct 2012

Police: 'The cuts will hit us hard'

The West Midlands Police secretary, Chris Jones, says the proposed 20% cuts to the police force will hit them hard.

Mr. Jones was speaking outside the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, where a Boris look-a-like rode outside with a 'PC Pleb' t-shirt on in protest at alleged comments against a police officer made by Sutton Coldfield MP Andrew Mitchell.