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Bishop is welcome to join anti-cuts campaign Jul 21 2011

Dear Editor, David Urquhart, the Bishop of Birmingham, fears that social deprivation will only get worse without direct action given the spending cuts being implemented by the city council and health trusts (Birmingham Post July 14).Read

Give us a chance to say 'no' to high speed rail plans Jul 21 2011

Dear Editor, I was delighted to find the “referendum” card on the High Speed Rail drop out of the pages of my Birmingham Post (July 14).Read

Destroying homes for HS2 is not just a 'detail' Jul 21 2011

Dear Editor, In dismissing the massive Dft/HS2 programme of consultation (Post June 30) on HS2 strategy as “detail” perhaps Mr Cameron has not yet read his Department for Transport HS2 consultation document and the public consultation questionnaire contained within it. The questionnaire contains the following:Read

Everyone welcome at party for one of city's brightest sons Jul 14 2011

Dear Editor, Coun Martin Mullaney, the cabinet member for culture and I Adrian Johnson, former Birmingham Poet Laureate, are having a picnic and a party for Birmingham’s brightest beacon and son of invention, William Murdoch, the city’s great, forgotten industrial engineer and brilliant inventor who celebrates his birthday on August 21.Read

Councillors should pay their own way Jul 14 2011

Dear Editor, It certainly is food for thought as wages for the lower paid council workers are slashed by up to 25 per cent, yet our highly paid councillors can’t manage to go three hours without free food.Read

Unfair to pay unbalanced cost of HS2 Jul 14 2011

Dear Editor, High speed rail, the line from Euston to Birmingham, will cost £17 billion, not counting the trains and the tax.Read

'Soft' skills is way for job applicants Jul 14 2011

Dear Editor, As the job market in Birmingham becomes increasingly crowded, it’s interesting to see that 85 per cent of businesses in the region rate a “can-do” attitude and soft skills, such as interpersonal and communications skills, as the attributes they looked for when recruiting new workers.Read

Take care of our own people first Jul 14 2011

Dear Editor, Even Birmingham pensioners, like all pensioners, have worked, saved and bought their homes, thinking it will leave their families a start in life.Read

Whatever happened to 'One Nation Toryism' ? Jul 07 2011

Dear Editor, The Prime Minister is giving us mixed messages. On one hand he is talking about giving us all money for us to decide what medical services we wish to spend our money on, whilst at the same time taxing those who have private health insurance thereby leaving resources available in the NHS for the needy.Read

Red tape that costs us jobs Jul 07 2011

Dear Editor, We have to get out of the EU, as soon as possible. The latest scandal, one of many, is the 2,000 jobs that will be lost by our only train maker, Bombardier, which has lost out to the German company Siemens on a large UK Government contract.Read

A question of destination Jul 07 2011

Dear Editor, We are told HS2 will provide an enormous boost to our industrial regeneration, but how many of our Midland companies have staff who travel regularly to and from London, and are there really 3,000 commuters per hour who will pay an extra £100 or so to save 20 minutes on their daily London journey?Read

Cost of living with HS2 Jul 07 2011

Dear Editor, At a time when the property market is on its knees, homeowners now finding their house is on the proposed HS2 route are set to be dealt a blow to their capital values. Until a decision is made, their homes are blighted.Read

China knows where city is - but does the Beeb? Jun 30 2011

Dear Editor, Prime Minister Wen’s visit to Birmingham has highlighted the mountain our city has to climb in raising its profile at home.Read

Chinese want HS2, but that's no consolation Jun 30 2011

The news that the Chinese are interested in the £32 billion waste of money in the high speed train is another argument against it.Read

All aboard the HS2 bus? Jun 30 2011

Dear Editor, I feel I must comment about the recent comments by the Secretary of State to label opponents of HS2 as “nimbys” and “luddites” overlooking the growing opposition in Kenilworth, Staffordshire and beyond.Read

Fed up with councillors who get their free dinner and eat it Jun 30 2011

Dear Editor, What a pathetic argument Councillor Mike Ward puts forward to defend the justification of hot meals being provided at full council meetings for the Lord Mayor, councillors, their guests and officials with his crass comment: “If you want to get good decision-making from people, you have to make sure they are warm and fed” (Post, June 23).Read

HS2 opposition is beyond nimbyism, it's about facts Jun 24 2011

Dear Editor, I was pleased to see your front page headlines on June 16, “Gloom lifts as region’s economy bounces back” – and we haven’t got HS2 yet!Read

High speed route is expensive way to save 15 minutes of travel Jun 24 2011

Dear Editor, Edward Chadwick in his report on the ‘HS2 Roadshow’ (Post Juen 16) gives a misleading impression that my objection to HS2 is purely motivated by fear of its effects on local house prices, however devastating for many.Read

We'll be a London commuter town Jun 24 2011

I understand that Birmingham City Council is irritated by the “NO” banners erected and paid for by my colleague Nikki Sinclaire MEP and placed next to the council banners proclaiming “YES, TO HS2” at ratepayers’ expense!Read

Buying M6 Toll is the wrong route Jun 24 2011

Dear Editor, Derek Bennett is correct that the M6 Toll has failed to improve traffic conditions across the region but he is wrong in almost every other particular. (Post, June 16)Read

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