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Jul 9 2008
Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country could have a single elected mayor under new plans unveiled by the Government....
Jul 7 2008
The prospect of an elected mayor for Birmingham moves a step closer tomorrow with the unveiling of new laws making it easier to transform the way major cities are governed....
Jul 2 2008
A £21 million grant to build new homes in one of Birmingham’s most deprived estates will “transform” the area, ministers have said....
Jun 17 2008
A computer has been stolen from the constituency office of Communities Secretary Hazel Blears, it has been revealed....
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....
Apr 14 2008
I see Hazel Blears has been peddling her predictably brainless dogma again, this time about Birmingham philanthropist George Cadbury....
Apr 4 2008
George Cadbury built the Birmingham village of Bournville to boost his ego, Local Government Secretary Hazel Blears has claimed....
Mar 7 2008
Local government must be transformed to give local people far more control over neighbourhood services, according to the Local Government Secretary....
