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Major Birmingham commuter route A45 to get red route upgrade

One of Birmingham’s major commuter routes into the city centre is to get a £2.7 million upgrade.Read

Birmingham Assay Office safeguarded by Jewellery Quarter deal

The future of the Birmingham Assay Office has been safeguarded following a Jewellery Quarter land deal with the city council.Read

Birmingham Assay Office safeguarded by HQ deal

The future of the Birmingham Assay Office has been safeguarded following a Jewellery Quarter land deal with the city council.Read

Birmingham Tory councillor calls for community groups to be given more freedom

Leading Birmingham Tory Alan Rudge has issued a clarion call in support of the Big Society, demanding that communities be set free from government diktats and helped to take more responsibility for their own lives.Read

Yardley tower block residents battle with council over improvement bills

Birmingham City Council’s charging policy for housing improvements is to be examined in court after residents in a tower block were handed bills of up to £18,000 each to cover the cost of modernisation work.Read

Major Birmingham commuter route A45 to get red route upgrade

One of Birmingham’s major commuter routes into the city centre is to get a £2.7 million upgrade.Read

Hotel plan for Arena Central in Birmingham to be brought forward

Plans for a 300-bedroom hotel are likely to be brought forward in a fresh attempt to kick-start Birmingham’s £400 million Arena Central scheme. Read

New director for Birmingham schools and social services expected in new year

City councillors are confident of appointing a new strategic director to oversee Birmingham’s schools and children’s social services by early next year.Read

New director for Birmingham schools and social services expected in new year

City councillors are confident of appointing a new strategic director to oversee Birmingham’s schools and children’s social services by early next year.Read

Iron Angle: Mayor of Birmingham wanted - experience not necessary

I’d have liked to have been at the debate held by Birmingham Labour Party activists on the merits of having an elected city mayor.Read

Black Conservative takes racism claim against Tory party to court

The all-white composition of Birmingham City Council’s Conservative group will be criticised in court by a black businessman who claims his political career was cut short because of the colour of his skin.Read

Birmingham City Council to consider generating own electricity

Birmingham City Council could go into the electricity generation business for the first time since Joseph Chamberlain led the city in the 1880s.Read

Eight more Birmingham tower blocks to be demolished

Another eight of Birmingham’s sub-standard tower blocks will be razed to the ground in a £26 million housing demolition programme.Read

Iron Angle: An unlikely conspiracy at the Birmingham Post

It is pointless arguing with a conspiracy theorist, because you will never win. The more effectively their grotesque claims are demolished, the more they become convinced that you must be part of the plot.Read

Call for council tax rise to save fire service jobs

Millions of pounds needs to be raised from council tax payers to help save the jobs of firefighters, the region’s fire authority chairman has said.Read

Birmingham leisure centres will be better run by private firms, says councillor

Admission charges at Birmingham swimming pools and sports centres will not rise dramatically if the facilities are taken over by private operators, the city council’s leisure chief has insisted.Read

Birmingham leisure centre admission prices will not dramatically rise

Admission charges at Birmingham swimming pools and sports centres will not rise dramatically if the facilities are taken over by private operators, the city council’s leisure chief has insisted.Read

Birmingham City Council to sell more empty buildings to raise cash

Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council is planning to raise money by selling several prominent empty office buildings.Read

Iron Angle: Mullaney keeps on as defender of the faith

August was notable for two episodes where poor presentational skills resulted in an avalanche of bad publicity for the city council, despite the best efforts of the cabinet’s self-appointed spin doctor, Martin Mullaney.Read

Birmingham City Council to advertise for new head of child social services

One of the toughest jobs in local government is about to be advertised – head of Birmingham children’s social services and the city’s schools.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.