Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore has hit back at local government secretary Eric Pickles for making ‘misleading’ statements about the city’s finances.Read
The MP who quit Parliament for an ill-fated campaign to become the first elected mayor of Birmingham is now bidding for a return to frontline politics with the European Parliament.Read
One of the most feared budget announcements in Birmingham's history revealed job cuts, axed childrens homes and a £35 per year charge grass cuttings charge as the council struggles to cut more than £100 million off the budget.Read
A rail lobby group has condemned Liam Byrne’s opposition to the construction of a HS2 depot in Birmingham – branding it a “betrayal" of the city's people.
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A Labour government would reverse controversial plans to create a rail maintenance depot in east Birmingham which some politicians claim could cost 7,200 jobs, MP Liam Byrne has announced.Read
Birmingham’s council leader has admitted the city has one of the worst youth unemployment rates in the country – but pledged a new £15 million campaign will make a huge difference.Read
The cost of Birmingham’s annual mayor making dinner will be slashed by £15 per head and the guest list shrunk by more than 200 following revelations it cost a staggering £27,000 last year.Read
Council tax has become a pivotal issue of the first budget of Sir Albert Bore’s administration, with a decision over whether or not to freeze it in Birmingham for the third year running hanging in the balance.
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An MP has threatened to take Birmingham City Council to court as Labour and the Coalition parties fight an increasingly bitter war of words over who is to blame for the decision to make some of Birmingham’s poorest residents pay council tax.Read
Birmingham City Council's new cabinet member for contracts and commissioning has been warned not to create too much red tape for small and medium enterprises in his new social charter.Read
A Midland peer and former journalist has criticised newspaper standards and claimed a "deeply rotten culture" has been allowed to develop in some parts of the press.Read