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Iron Angle: Mike Whitby’s six-hour wobble

There was so much good news to be discussed at this week’s Birmingham City Council cabinet meeting that poor old Neville Summerfield, who owns the copyright on “this is a good news story”, was left on the sidelines.Read

Birmingham's council houses meet government standards

All of Birmingham’s 68,000 council houses and flats could meet the government’s decent homes standard by the end of this year.Read

Birmingham's council houses meet government's decent homes standard

ALL of Birmingham’s 68,000 council houses and flats could meet the government’s decent homes standard by the end of this year.Read

£6million fund to bring major political conferences to Birmingham

An attempt to make Birmingham a regular venue for Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat conferences is being stepped up with a £6 million fund.Read

Birmingham to London high speed rail link needs all-party unity, says Lord Adonis

Support from all of the main political parties for high speed rail is essential to turn the vision of 200mph trains between Birmingham and London into a reality, report Paul Dale and Jonathan WalkerRead

Calls for public inquiry into Birmingham social services over Khyra death

Calls for a public inquiry into the failings of Birmingham’s children’s department following the death of Khyra Ishaq have been made by Labour councillors.Read

Iron Angle: Khyra Ishaq and the scandalous blame game

It is of course a fact of modern life that public servants no longer take personal responsibility for failure. We pay council chief officers and cabinet members huge sums of money, apparently to get the best performers, but when they fall down on the job there is always a rush to find someone else or something else to blame.Read

Birmingham City Council failed to act on warnings over tragic Khyra Ishaq

A catalogue of errors and missed opportunities by Birmingham City Council contributed to the death of Khyra Ishaq, a High Court judge has ruled.Read

Families should have emergency survival kits, says Birmingham City Council

New guidelines issued by Birmingham City Council warn families to invest in a home survival kit in case of floods, power cuts and other emergencies.Read

Families should have survival kits and food supplies, says Birmingham council leaders

New guidelines issued by Birmingham City Council warn families to invest in a home survival kit in case of floods, power cuts and other emergencies.Read

A hidden gem in the Austrian alps

Paul Dale find a snowy Austrian Alps ski hideawayRead

No hiding place for Birmingham City Council staff

Alan Rudge, the Birmingham City Council Cabinet member accused of steamrollering through mass redundancies among the local authority’s workforce, is fighting back.Read

Birmingham U-turn on plans to close council care homes hits private sector

A decision to halt the planned closure of Birmingham’s council-run old people’s homes is short sighted and could be costing taxpayers £15 million a year, according to a group of private sector care home owners.Read

Iron Angle: Metro plan just the ticket

An expected announcement by the Department for Transport that Birmingham is to get £82 million to enable the Midland Metro tram system to be extended from Snow Hill to New Street Station represents one of the most extraordinary political achievements in recent years.Read

Sponsors put more cash towards Birmingham City Council's trip to MIPIM

Developers are putting the recession behind them by stumping up a far higher proportion of the cash needed to enable Birmingham City Council to continue its £250,000 presence at the MIPIM property conference in the south of France.Read

Birmingham City Council denies savage cuts as workers stage protest

Birmingham City Council is seeking to defuse trade union claims that the local authority’s severe financial difficulties are bound to result in savage cuts to jobs and services.Read

Birmingham City Council denies savage cuts as workers stage protest

Birmingham City Council is seeking to defuse trade union claims that the local authority’s severe financial difficulties are bound to result in savage cuts to jobs and services.Read

Iron Angle: Hard Lines for job cuts

Some people have in the past likened pugnacious Birmingham cabinet housing member John Lines to a rottweiler.Read

Top jobs to be squeezed out at Birmingham City Council

Birmingham City Council’s financial difficulties have finally hit the rarefied heights of the corporate management team, explains Public Affairs correspondent Paul Dale.Read

Battle for Yardley's Swan Centre ends with victory for Tesco

A lively and long-running row over plans to build a Tesco superstore in a Birmingham suburb – involving allegations of libel, intimidation and contempt of parliament – has finally ended in favour of the retail giant.Read

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Paul Dale has been writing about local government in the West Midlands for more than 20 years. The Post's public affairs editor, he is a previous political editor of the Coventry Evening Telegraph and Local Government Correspondent of the Oxford Mail.

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