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Paul Dale

Paul Dale

Lessons in being green for eco-town residents

Anyone wanting to buy a house in a proposed Warwickshire eco-town will be offered lessons on how to adopt a green lifestyle. Read

Benefactor needed to save Friends Institute building

The Friends’ Institute in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, is almost certain to close unless a generous benefactor emerges to pay for a new heating system and cover the building’s £39,000-a-year losses. Read

Birmingham charity groups wait to see if bids are approved

Scores of charitable and voluntary organisations face an agonising wait to discover whether applications for a share of a £30 million Birmingham City Council fund have been successful. Read

Campaign launched to save Friends Institute in Birmingham

One of Birmingham’s oldest public buildings is in danger of going out of business. Read

Birmingham's eyes on imminent Cushman & Wakefield report

Birmingham City Council’s love-hate relationship with global property experts Cushman and Wakefield will be put to the test again this month when the annual league table of the best UK business cities is published. Read

Government agency moves to Birmingham from London

The national agency responsible for advising the Government on libraries and museums is relocating from London to Birmingham. Read

Birmingham volunteer groups miss out on council funding

More than a third of voluntary organisations bidding for £30 million of Birmingham City Council grants have had their applications turned down. Read

Warwickshire eco-town to be modelled on Poundbury

A planned eco-town near Stratford-upon-Avon will be closely modelled on the Prince of Wales’s sustainable community of Poundbury in Dorset, developers have pledged. Read

Eco-town at Long Marston to get tram route

Developers are promising to invest in an environmentally-friendly tram link between Stratford-upon-Avon and Evesham if they get Government permission to build a 6,000-home eco-town in south Warwickshire. Read

2,000 tax records missing from HM Revenue and Customs office

Highly-sensitive documents containing information about the financial affairs of up to 2,000 people have been lost by civil servants in Birmingham, The Birmingham Post can reveal. Read

Lobby group rails against New Street plans

A national rail organisation wants the Government to force Birmingham City Council to re-think plans for redeveloping New Street Station. Read

Birmingham tax office loses documents on 2,000 people

Highly-sensitive documents containing information about the financial affairs of up to 2,000 people have been lost by civil servants in Birmingham, The Birmingham Post can reveal. Read

Hero Mike has a last-minute attack of modesty

Mike Whitby’s florid account of the resumption of production of MG sports cars at Longbridge bore more than a passing resemblance to the efforts of another Tory wordsmith, Lord Jeffrey Archer. Read

Council blunder reveals Paradise Circus secret

Attempts by Birmingham City Council to protect the identity of a developer it is talking to about a £1 billion makeover of Paradise Circus ended embarrassingly after a town hall lawyer revealed the firm’s identity in a public document Read

TaxPayers' Alliance slams AWM for 'squandering' cash

Regional development agencies have failed to reduce the north-south wealth gap, create enough jobs or stimulate new businesses, a report has claimed. Read

Property downturn could halt Snow Hill tower building

The property slump may claim a major scalp in Birmingham city centre with a delay in the construction of a 44-storey residential tower at Snow Hill. Read

£11bn rail link could go underneath New Street

An £11 billion high speed rail link between Birmingham and London could use new platforms built deep underneath New Street Station. Read

Dutch firm chosen to design new Birmingham library

A Dutch architect chosen to design the new £193 million Library of Birmingham has promised to build a “warm and welcoming people’s palace”. Read

Burden blasts Whitby's 'ego-trip' over Longbridge

Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby has been accused of manipulating the resumption of car production at Longbridge for his own personal glorification. Read

Longbridge railway line hopes dashed by A38 road plans

Plans for road improvements at Longbridge in Birmingham will kill off any hopes of resurrecting a nearby disused railway line, it has been claimed. 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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