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Jul 23 2008
The failure of an electronic payment system at Birmingham City Council which led to bailiffs demanding payment from the local authority is being blamed on the media....
Jul 16 2008
Details of expected closures and disruptions as a result of industrial action in Birmingham can be found here....
Jul 8 2008
Labour councillors in Birmingham have renewed their battle for wheelie bins by attacking on the city council’s recycling record....
Jul 5 2008
Jobsworths at Birmingham City Council have compiled a fascinating list of websites that local authority staff are banned from using while at work....
Jun 23 2008
The latest stage of Birmingham City Council’s ambitious business transformation programme will save the public purse £186 million over eight years by changing working practices in social services and schools, it has been claimed....
Jun 18 2008
Five years after being written off as one of the worst local authorities in the country, Birmingham City Council is meeting 87 per cent of Government efficiency targets....
Jun 13 2008
Birmingham City Council has taken the unusual step of attempting to recruit seven assistant directors of finance on salaries of up to £85,000 each....
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....
Apr 22 2008
Birmingham City Council’s chief executive has pleaded with 20,000 local authority workers not to strike this week. Dozens of schools are set to close during the dispute - see the full list here....
Apr 22 2008
A senior Birmingham councillor who submitted 200 postal vote application forms 15 minutes before the deadline for registration expired has been accused of breaching guidelines designed to prevent ballot rigging....
