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Paul Dale

Birmingham care homes lose legal battle against city council

An attempt to force Birmingham City Council to increase the fees it pays private residential and nursing homes to look after frail elderly patients has been thrown out by the High Court.Read

Bishop of Birmingham speaks out against 'immoral' selfish society

The Bishop of Birmingham is leading a moral backlash against Britain’s get rich quick, me-me societyRead

Birmingham care homes lose legal battle against city council

An attempt to force Birmingham City Council to increase the fees it pays private residential and nursing homes to look after frail elderly patients has been thrown out by the High Court.Read

Free admission at Birmingham's Museum and Art Gallery could be scrapped

City Council leaders are refusing to rule out the possibility that free admission to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery could be scrapped.Read

Free admission at Birmingham's Museum and Art Gallery could be scrapped

City Council leaders are refusing to rule out the possibility that free admission to the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery could be scrapped.Read

Bishop of Birmingham attacks 'immorality' of continued poverty

The Bishop of Birmingham has hit out at the “immorality” of a society prepared to sit back and allow families to live in poverty.Read

Homes row hits plans for 'Harvard of the UK' medical research centre in Birmingham

Plans for a world-class medical research centre in Birmingham could be scuppered because of local opposition to a housing development that would pay for the project.Read

Bishop of Birmingham attacks 'immorality' of society failing to stop poverty

The Bishop of Birmingham has hit out at the “immorality” of a society prepared to sit back and allow families to live in poverty.Read

Iron Angle: Public sector lacking sympathy from the public

No great surprise that last week’s strike by local government workers in defence of their gold-plated pensions failed to generate much in the way of support, either from council staff or the general public.Read

Birmingham City Council insists HS2 will bring 'economic benefits'

High speed rail will reshape the economic geography of the UK and help close the North-South wealth gap by creating new economic prosperity, Birmingham City Council will say in its formal response to Government plans for HS2.Read

City council's business transformation chief sets sights on next project

The official responsible for spearheading Birmingham City Council’s controversial business transformation programme is leaving after eight years of a none-too-comfortable ride, explains Public Affairs Correspondent Paul DaleRead

Birmingham schools chief says he can still deliver £60m savings

The politician responsible for running Birmingham’s education services is insisting his budget will stay out of the red even though plans to save £6 million by axing free home to school transport have been shelved.Read

'Unlawful' Birmingham City Council social care cuts could still take place

Moves to save £53 million by axing social services care packages for thousands of vulnerable adults have not been ditched, even though a judge decided that Birmingham City Council leaders behaved unlawfully when approving the controversial cuts package.Read

Birmingham City Council social care cuts have not been ditched despite High Court action

Moves to save £53 million by axing social services care packages for thousands of vulnerable adults have not been ditched, even though a judge decided that Birmingham City Council leaders behaved unlawfully when approving the controversial cuts package.Read

Birmingham schools chief says he can still deliver £60m savings

The politician responsible for running Birmingham’s education services is insisting his budget will stay out of the red even though plans to save £6 million by axing free home to school transport have been shelved.Read

Birmingham City Council debt set to reach a record of £2.5bn

Debt levels at Birmingham City Council have doubled in the past seven years and will reach a record £2.5 billion by 2012, latest figures show.Read

Mental health expert warns of guilt complex of council staff who survive jobs cull

A mental health expert has been recruited to advise Birmingham City Council on how to spot “survivor syndrome” symptoms among staff who manage to cling on to their jobs while thousands of colleagues face redundancy and an uncertain future.Read

Town Halls will have more powers, Pickles tells LGA conference

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has promised to oversee an irreversible shift in power from Whitehall to local communities.Read

Strike day is wrong, Labour leader Miliband tells Birmingham conference

Labour leader Ed Miliband has delivered a blunt message to striking teachers and council workers: "You've made a mistake." Read

Iron Angle: Labour's mayor candidates capable, but no X factor

The importance of the centre stage that Birmingham will take when it comes to choosing a directly elected mayor is beginning to dawn on Labour's high command. 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.