We start our series on the election battles in Staffordshire and the Black Country with the Tory stronghold of South Staffordshire.
The Government is still on course to trigger Article 50 before the end of the month despite the House of Lords 'attempts to weaken Britain's negotiation position', according to Theresa May's parliamentary enforcer.
Forty-eight hours before, they had been celebrating an historic vote in the House of Commons with a glass of champagne.
Forty-eight hours before, they had been celebrating an historic vote in the House of Commons with a glass of champagne.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said the Government had to cap the number of lone child refugees being brought to Britain from Europe because the rule was encouraging people-traffickers.
Tributes have been paid to a Staffordshire priest who has died aged 101.
The House of Lords 'overstepped the mark' by blocking the government's planned cuts to tax credits and now faces 'long-overdue reform' says a leading Conservative MP.
Amid deep and growing resentment from the public, the Lords must get their House in order, urgently.
Just one new baroness in the House of Lords is from the West Midlands - amid an intake of dozens of former MPs, party grandees and donors.
The Conservatives have kept control in all their constituencies across south Staffordshire after this morning's results.
Another Tory safe seat is South Staffordshire, where the incumbent MP is Gavin Williamson who has been David Cameron's eyes and ears in Westminster.
The former MP who gave the address at Enoch Powell's funeral has dismissed as 'absurd' allegations he was involved in 'satanic' sexual abuse.
They were once the powerhouses of Britain providing millions of tons of coal for industry, transport and to feed our growing reliance on white goods.
Senior parliamentarians from all parties were among scores of friends who turned out at the House of Lords to pay tribute to Dennis Turner – Lord Bilston – who died last February.
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