Lord Mayor elect Muhammad Afzal has withdrawn from the running for the role after a series of controversies. The under-fire councillor had been expected to become the city’s next First Citizen ...

Birmingham’s new Lord Mayor, Councillor Muhammad Afzal, has taken up office after the mayor-making ceremony at the Council House. By Harriet Evans. Published May 28, 2021.

Muhammad Afzal has proven himself unfit to be the first citizen of Birmingham. And council leader John Clancy must veto the nomination of Afzal as the next Lord Mayor of this city. Councillor ...

Former Lord Mayor of Birmingham Muhammad Afzal has been banned from taking part in civic events in an official capacity after lying to an election court in a bid to bring down political opponents.

A former Lord Mayor has applied to halt a legal bid to overturn a Birmingham election result in a ''bribery row' involving dates after video footage emerged. Ex city councillor Muhammad Afzal had ...

Birmingham councillor Muhammad Afzal - who sparked a storm by calling the Prime Minister an "Islamophobe" - has refused to step down as Birmingham's Lord Mayor elect. In a long-awaited statement ...

Pressure is continuing to mount on Muhammad Afzal to step down as future Birmingham Lord Mayor after he branded David Cameron an Islamophobe. Labour Party colleagues were today reaching the ...

Disgraced former Lord Mayor Muhammad Afzal is facing calls to strip him of titles and access linked to his civic title. Comments. News. Jane Haynes Politics & People Editor. 14:49, 25 Feb 2023.

The former Lord Mayor was refused entry to Birmingham City Council House by security guards who didn’t believe he was a politician. Muhammad Afzal became England’s first elected Muslim ...