The recent Bank Holiday and school holidays seem to have slowed everything down for the last week, so I've had a rare week without meetings. Obviously that means I'm making up for it this week, with Labour Group tonight in preparation for yet another Council Meeting tomorrow. Two topics of interest in the Council House this week will surely be Lin Homer standing down as Chief Executive - the Evening Mail have yet to update their bit of the website, but in my copy of the paper, neither the Leader or the Deputy Leader of the Council have seen fit to comment on this news; the only comment is from a backbench Lib Dem Councillor (no prizes for guessing who..)

The other topic, which politicalhack has already touched on, is the result of the Lib Dem Leadership contest, and in particular the identity of the indecisive Lib Dem who couldn't make a decision between Tilsley and Wilkes. In the circumstances, it's not surprising that they fed the incorrect story to the press - but then again, showing up the Chief Reporter for the Birmingham Post probably isn't the best way to kick off a tenure as Deputy Leader of the Council...