Articles...
Oct 6 2008
Trade union officials at Birmingham City Council are costing taxpayers more than £1 million a year in wages....
Jul 11 2008
Local authorities have been accused by a Birmingham MP of “clobbering” low paid staff....
May 14 2008
An argument about the accuracy of statistics has broken out after Birmingham’s ruling Tory-Lib Dem coalition was accused of "massaging" the city council's sickness level figures....
May 13 2008
A contingency plan including "community tension warnings" is to be introduced in Birmingham to try and prevent a repeat of violence such as the Lozells riots of 2005....
Jan 30 2008
It doesn't really matter that the trade unions are refusing to join Birmingham City Council in a plea to the Government for millions of pounds to underwrite a pay and grading review. The money is most unlikely to be forthcoming....