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Paul Dale

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Elderly care issue hits Birmingham City Council budget plans

Social services officials in Birmingham are yet to settle on a date to begin a fresh consultation into the future of care for elderly people after a controversial cuts package was thrown out by the High Court.Read

Private care home owners in Birmingham warned over charges

Private care home owners have been told they must behave in a “mature” fashion when negotiating the fees they receive from Birmingham City Council.Read

Birmingham schools run up £1.5m bill on alternative therapy sessions

Some of Birmingham’s council-run schools have spent £1.5 million on a programme of alternative therapy techniques, including massages for children and teachers, it can be revealed.Read

Birmingham's Gun Quarter to be renamed St George and St Chad

One of Britain’s oldest industrial areas has been renamed after Birmingham City Council leaders said local people no longer wanted to be associated with the weapons of war. Read

Birmingham City Council falls short in tackling bed blocking

Birmingham City Council has failed to meet targets to tackle bed blocking and has failed to assess children at risk of abuse adequately, according to a performance review.Read

Birmingham City Council calls for end to £200m equal pay claim 'farce'

The Government has been urged to step in and sort out a “legal farce” that has cost already Birmingham City Council £200 million in equal pay claims.Read

Birmingham City Council calls for end to £200m equal pay claim 'farce'

The Government has been urged to step in and sort out a “legal farce” that has cost already Birmingham City Council £200 million in equal pay claims.Read

£40m funding sought from Europe to regenerate the West Midlands

Birmingham is joining forces with other West Midlands councils in a bid to create a £40 million fund to kick-start regeneration projects halted by the recession.Read

11,000 Birmingham City Council staff told to take wage cut or lose their jobs

More than 11,000 Birmingham City Council workers will be forced to accept wage cuts of up to £6,000 a year, or face losing their jobs.Read

More than 11,000 Birmingham City Council workers forced to accept wage cuts or lose their jobs

More than 11,000 Birmingham City Council workers will be forced to accept wage cuts of up to £6,000 a year, or face losing their jobs.Read

Iron Angle: Tired old scare stories about elected mayors

And so it has come to this. The campaign against a Birmingham mayor is based around the hoary old scare story that the job will go to a power-crazed “elected dictator”.Read

Birmingham council officials warned over accepting hospitality

Council officials are often unaware of the dangers of accepting gifts and hospitality from third parties, Birmingham’s chief auditor has claimed.Read

Birmingham MPs unite to oppose plan for elected mayor

Two Birmingham MPs are setting aside their party political differences to campaign against the city council being run by a directly elected mayor.Read

Three new business improvement districts for Birmingham suburbs

Three new Birmingham business improvement districts will generate a total of £453,000 a year for local improvement projects.Read

Birmingham City Council heading towards £37m budget deficit

Leaders of Birmingham City Council are fighting to close a £37 million budget deficit as the strain of delivering huge spending cuts begins to be felt.Read

Political pressure forced Capita into U-turn over sending Birmingham council jobs to India

Directors of Capita have bowed to intense political pressure by abandoning plans to offshore 55 jobs at Birmingham City Council’s call centre.Read

Iron Angle: A very English revolt over HS2

An opinion poll to gauge the views of people living close to the proposed HS2 line through Birmingham produced a fascinating result. But the city council, desperate to spin-up the findings in favour of high speed rail, missed the bigger picture.Read

Mayoral candidate Sion Simon wants public to set Birmingham manifesto

Mayoral candidate Sion Simon is promising extensive public consultation to help frame a manifesto for Birmingham.Read

Birmingham's carbon emissions reducing quicker than expected

Birmingham is exceeding a target to become a greener city by reducing carbon emissions far more quickly than planned.Read

All-party support for HS2 at Birmingham City Council

The proposed high speed rail route has gained all-party support from Birmingham City Council, with politicians dismissing protests over plans to cut by two-thirds the number of existing intercity train services between Birmingham and London.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.