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Post Comment: Collection must stay in Midlands Dec 23 2011

The Wedgwood Collection is an important slice of West Midlands history.Read

Post Comment: Do our councillors ever talk to each other? Dec 23 2011

One has to admire Birmingham City Council’s determination to stop city streets being disfigured by billboards.Read

Post Comment: Arts are an essential part of the city Dec 15 2011

People don’t often talk about going to the Midland Arts Centre. They’re far more likely to say they spent an enjoyable evening or afternoon at the Mac.Read

Post Comment: The cost of seeking outside help Dec 15 2011

There are advantages for any organisation in employing expert consultants to help with specific tasks rather than trying to develop expertise in every single activity in-house.Read

Post Comment: School nurse plan cannot go ahead Dec 09 2011

It is a near certainty that Birmingham City Council will never be able to secure popular support for its proposal to ask teaching assistants to carry out medical procedures at special schools that currently are performed by NHS-trained nurses.Read

Post Comment: Secretary must hold firm and make right choice Dec 09 2011

There is no such thing as a major infrastructure project which hasn’t been controversial.Read

Post Comment: Birmingham can become a creative centre again Dec 01 2011

Birmingham has a thriving creative industries sector which contributes significantly to the city and the regional economy, and we need to keep it.Read

Post Comment: The difficulties of social enterprise Dec 01 2011

Attempts by Birmingham City Council to reduce the pain of public spending cuts by finding innovative ways to reconfigure service delivery are entirely laudable. Read

Post Comment: George between rock and hard place Nov 25 2011

Who would want to be George Osborne today?Read

Post Comment: The future should still be Bright for MPs Nov 25 2011

John Bright may be an inspiration to aspiring politicians everywhere.Read

Post Comment: Library cuts are not an open book Nov 18 2011

John Dolan, Birmingham’s former Head of Libraries, gives every appearance of being a very angry man in the open letter he has written to city council leader Mike Whitby.Read

Post Comment: We want a mayor with clout, please Minister Nov 18 2011

Birmingham may not want a mayor.Read

Post Comment: High speed rail divides the nation Nov 11 2011

Rarely has a debate sparked such vitriol and bitterness as the question of whether the United Kingdom should build a high speed rail line.Read

Post Comment: Council chief deserves praise for heartfelt memo Nov 11 2011

The chief executive of Birmingham City council, Stephen Hughes, must have found himself in the classic no-win situation when deciding how he should respond to growing fury at the impact on local authority staff and public services of unprecedented spending cuts.Read

Post Comment: We're proud to back business Nov 04 2011

For more than 150 years, the Birmingham Post has been a champion of business and enterprise.Read

Post Comment: Good start for the LEP - but something's missing Nov 04 2011

The doubters have been proved wrong. Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP has been a great success so far, having secured regional growth fund money, won approval for a major enterprise zone and developed the exciting “Creative City” initiative.Read

Post Comment: Why we need a cultural revolution Oct 28 2011

It remains to be seen whether the Birmingham-Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership can actually deliver anything much at all since its main funding opportunity rests on tapping into business rates from companies moving into the area at some future point when the economy picks up.Read

Post Comment: Mayoral critics hit target with well-timed jabs Oct 28 2011

We all like politicians who say what they think – and campaigners opposed a directly elected mayor for Birmingham could hardly have been blunter.Read

Post Comment: If we can't have a Boris then why bother? Oct 21 2011

Whether or not Birmingham should have a mayor is set to become a topic of much debate over the next seven months, and we’ll do our best to ensure both sides of the argument get a fair hearing in our pages.Read

Post Comment: Few solutions to an age-old problem Oct 21 2011

Is there anyone who believes it’s “fair” that the nation is suffering because of the stupidity of bankers who bought and sold debt vehicles which they barely understood?Read

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