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City council pays Birmingham care homes £52 a day to look after elderly patients

Hard-up Birmingham City Council is paying private care homes just £52 a day to look after elderly patients with dementia and other mental illnesses. Read

New £120m Birmingham City University campus for Digbeth back on track

Birmingham City University’s £120 million campus at Digbeth is back on track after a site originally chosen for the ambitious scheme was reserved for a high speed rail station.Read

New £120m university campus for Digbeth back on track

Birmingham City University’s £120 million campus at Digbeth is back on track after a site originally chosen for the ambitious scheme was reserved for a high speed rail station.Read

Iron Angle: The not so young ones in the Birmingham cabinet

The tectonic plates are shifting under Birmingham City Council’s leadership, to borrow John Prescott’s memorable phrase, but the result is likely to be more of a slight tremor than a cataclysmic earthquake.Read

Birmingham City Council facing £600,000 legal bill over unlawful budget cuts

Birmingham City Council is facing a legal bill of at least £600,000 after its proposals to cut services for disabled adults were declared unlawful.Read

Iron Angle: The unkindest cut of all in the Birmingham budget

When the leaders of Birmingham’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition revealed a plan to cut £53 million from the Adults and Communities budget towards the end of last year, they naturally did not say that this saving could only be achieved by rationing social services provision for thousands of the most vulnerable people in this city.Read

Birmingham City Council paid consultants £1.4m for advice on helping children

Consultants were paid £1.4 million by Birmingham City Council to advise on how to help children overcome learning and behavioural difficulties.Read

Iron Angle: Time for Digby Jones to put up or shut up

He’s been off the radar for a while, but this week stirring deep in the background Birmingham’s only big beast, Lord Digby Jones, made one of his occasional forays into commenting on this city’s status.Read

No regrets for John Clancy after failed bid to oust Birmingham Labour leader

The Birmingham councillor whose bid to snatch the city council Labour group leadership ended in heavy defeat says he has no regrets about standing.Read

Plans for student tower block on Birmingham's Broad Street

Land occupied by one of Birmingham’s best known furniture stores could be transformed into a 20-storey student accommodation tower block.Read

'I have no regrets' says councillor who took on Birmingham Labour leader

The Birmingham councillor whose bid to snatch the city council Labour group leadership ended in heavy defeat says he has no regrets about standing.Read

Plans for new tower block on key Birmingham city centre road

Land occupied by one of Birmingham’s best known furniture stores could be transformed into a 20-storey student accommodation tower block.Read

Managers and nursery staff to lose jobs in Birmingham education cutbacks

A radical organisational shake-up at Birmingham City Council’s schools and children’s social services department will see 84 managers lose their jobs.Read

Managers and nursery staff axed following education cutbacks in Birmingham

A radical organisational shake-up at Birmingham City Council’s schools and children’s social services department will see 84 managers lose their jobs.Read

One of Birmingham's last remaining 1930s swimming baths to be demolished

One of Birmingham’s last surviving 1930s swimming baths is to be demolished and replaced by a modern pool and fitness centre.Read

One of Birmingham's last remaining 1930s swimming baths to be demolished

One of Birmingham’s last surviving 1930s swimming baths is to be demolished and replaced by a modern pool and fitness centre.Read

John Clancy goes on the attack in Birmingham Labour leadership bid

Paul Dale talks to John Clancy, who is the seventh councillor to challenge Sir Albert Bore for the Birmingham Labour leader job in 12 years. Read

Iron Angle: The Mayor of Birmingham's 39 steps

Birmingham’s first directly-elected mayor will be chosen by 39 Tory councillors at a private meeting and the votes cast will never be revealed.Read

Birmingham Conservative group deputy leader quits

The deputy leader of Birmingham City Council’s Conservative group is to resign after just a year in office.Read

Birmingham Labour leader Albert Bore blasts rival over leadership challenge

The gloves are off in the contest for the leadership of Birmingham City Council’s Labour group, with the current post-holder Sir Albert Bore accusing his challenger of dirty tricks.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.