Articles...
Oct 6 2008
Trade union officials at Birmingham City Council are costing taxpayers more than £1 million a year in wages....
Sep 25 2008
Birmingham council officials have been accused of surrender after failing to prosecute the owner of a listed building who carried out demolition and refurbishment work without permission....
Sep 24 2008
A Birmingham community centre under threat of closure has been given an 18-month breathing space to put its tangled finances in order. ...
Sep 18 2008
The Friends Institute in Birmingham is facing almost certain closure after it emerged that the city council wants permission to sell the 110-year-old building....
Sep 16 2008
Councillors who said they couldn’t afford to replace an ancient boiler at a Birmingham community centre are under pressure to explain how they found £8,000 to resurface the building’s car park. ...
Jul 25 2008
Having first class facilities in areas with high indices of deprivation is not contested. What is a matter of concern is who will provide the new specialist services....
Jun 26 2008
A senior member of Birmingham’s ruling Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition is risking the wrath of his colleagues by calling for the city’s Central Library to be saved from demolition....
May 25 2008
I am fascinated to read the latest Facebook entry from Keely Huxtable, who is the prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate for Northfield....
May 23 2008
The words sledgehammer and nut spring to mind when assessing a decision to uphold the one-month suspension of Birmingham city councillor Martin Mullaney for being disrespectful to a constituent....
May 10 2008
Don’t you just love it when politicians standing for high office say ’it’s nothing personal’?...
