Updated 9:53pm 22 May 2012

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Paul Dale

Birmingham's green agenda claims questioned by scrutiny committee

Birmingham’s claim to be leading the way on delivering the green agenda has been questioned after the city council’s head of climate change and sustainability was unable to prove that a pledge to slash carbon emissions was on course.Read

Propaganda war in the battle for and against high speed rail

Opponents and supporters of high speed rail are fighting a bitter war of attrition in a propaganda battle over the most significant public transport plan for a generation, reports Public Affairs Correspondent Paul Dale.Read

Birmingham City Council budget cuts facing second legal challenge

Birmingham City Council is facing a second major legal challenge to its budget, this time by the relatives of a woman with learning disabilities who are challenging a decision to cut £53 million from adult social services.Read

Iron Angle: Council in deep water over where it chooses to make cuts

A characteristically sour-faced reaction by Birmingham City Council to the damning result of a judicial review which exposed the way cabinet members ignored equalities legislation when axing a £1.4 million funding package for voluntary organisations.Read

Row over Birmingham election candidate who lives in Wolverhampton

A Birmingham city councillor is at the centre of a storm because he is standing for re-election in Stockland Green even though he now lives 15 miles away near Wolverhampton.Read

Row over Birmingham election candidate who lives in Wolverhampton

A Birmingham city councillor is at the centre of a storm because he is standing for re-election in Stockland Green even though he now lives 15 miles away near Wolverhampton.Read

Birmingham Council faces High Court again over spending cuts

Birmingham City Council is facing a second major legal challenge to its budget, this time by the relatives of a woman with learning disabilities who are challenging a decision to cut £53 million from adult social services.Read

£1.3bn green energy scheme planned for Birmingham

More than 200,000 homes in Birmingham could benefit from a ground-breaking £1.3 billion green energy scheme.Read

Government urged to hand over £180m West Midlands land bank

The Government has been urged to make it easier for the Birmingham-Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership to get its hands on a significant proportion of the £180 million land bank built up by regional development agency Advantage West Midlands.Read

Government urged to hand over £180m West Midlands land bank

The Government has been urged to make it easier for the Birmingham-Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership to get its hands on a significant proportion of the £180 million land bank built up by regional development agency Advantage West Midlands.Read

Birmingham City Council elections: Labour sets sights on regaining power

Labour may not regain control of Birmingham City Council in May’s elections, but could do so in 2012. Public Affairs Correspondent Paul Dale reports.Read

Iron Angle: Is it Mayor Bob to the rescue?

Hello, and welcome. Here is the news for May 2013. BONG.....former Central TV anchorman Bob Warman has become Birmingham’s first elected mayor. Read

Decision to axe £1.4m funding for Birmingham voluntary groups ruled unlawful

A decision to axe a £1.4 million funding package for 13 voluntary organisations was unlawful because Birmingham City Council leaders failed to take proper account of the impact that withdrawing grants would have on disabled and vulnerable people, a High Court Judge has ruled.Read

Decision to axe £1.4m funding for Birmingham voluntary groups ruled unlawful

A decision to axe a £1.4 million funding package for 13 voluntary organisations was unlawful because Birmingham City Council leaders failed to take proper account of the impact that withdrawing grants would have on disabled and vulnerable people, a High Court Judge has ruled.Read

TV presenter Bob Warman considers running for Mayor of Birmingham

Central Television news anchorman Bob Warman is considering running to be Birmingham’s first elected mayor.Read

National campaign launched in favour of HS2 high speed rail link

A national campaign in support of the Government’s £32 billion high speed rail plan has been launched, with outspoken support from Birmingham Airport.Read

Aston Pride named best inner city regeneration scheme in UK

Aston Pride, the £54 million Birmingham regeneration project that was almost closed down by the Government for failing to hit performance targets, has confounded its critics by being declared the best inner city improvement scheme in the country.Read

Big Society could give unemployed new purpose, says city council deputy leader

Voluntary service, which is at the heart of the Government’s Big Society initiative, could give thousands of unemployed middle aged people a new purpose in life, the deputy leader of Birmingham City Council has suggested.Read

Iron Angle: Mayor issue so simple for Simon

The campaign to become Birmingham’s first elected mayor has hardly set the city alight yet, but I hear that the odds on a victory for the only serious candidate to declare his intention to stand are shortening almost by the week. Sion Simon, the former Erdington Labour MP, is up and running with an impressive team behind him.Read

Mike Whitby could be combined Birmingham mayor and council chief executive

Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby could be on course to take over as the authority’s chief executive – ousting Stephen Hughes from his £204,000-a-year job.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.