Under-performing schools in Birmingham must improve if young people are to get new jobs created as the country moves out of recession, city council leader Mike Whitby has warned.Read
The Conservative leader of Birmingham City Council, Mike Whitby, launched a strong public defence of independently-run school academies shortly after his own education spokesman branded aspects of the Government-backed programme “immoral”.Read
He’s been off the radar for a while, but this week stirring deep in the background Birmingham’s only big beast, Lord Digby Jones, made one of his occasional forays into commenting on this city’s status.Read
A last ditch attempt to prevent the imposition of a shadow mayor on major cities including Coventry and Birmingham has failed, despite opposition from across the country.Read
Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby is considering a legal challenge over a shock Birmingham local election result which saw two ballot boxes go missing and two arrests made.Read
Labour will try to block plans to make city council leader Mike Whitby the unelected mayor of Birmingham as it attempts to inflict another defeat on the Government next week.
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Ministers have vowed to press ahead with plans to name Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby shadow mayor of the city despite objections from the local authority.
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A proposition of exquisite irony awaits Birmingham Conservatives, who have it within their grasp to take sole control of the city council – but only if they are prepared to sacrifice both their principles and their friends.Read
The Government has been urged to make it easier for the Birmingham-Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership to get its hands on a significant proportion of the £180 million land bank built up by regional development agency Advantage West Midlands.Read
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