Mike Whitby has been reminding people that, with eight years in office, he was the second longest serving council leader in Birmingham’s history. With the hand-over of power to Labour under way, Neil Elkes looks back at his legacyRead
Birmingham City Council was forced to contract out care for the elderly to the private sector due to the rising staff costs under equal pay legislation, it has been claimed.Read
Council officials negotiated controversial plans to outsource jobs to India without telling elected councillors, Birmingham’s deputy leader has revealed.
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For council deputy leader Paul Tilsley, opening the Liberal Democrat Party conference in Birmingham will prove one of the highlights of a political career spanning five decades. Interview by Neil ElkesRead
Directors of Capita are insisting they have not yet agreed to abandon plans to off-shore 55 jobs at Service Birmingham, the IT provider it runs for the city council.Read
Birmingham's Labour chief Sir Albert Bore has lived up to his reputation as a great survivor after comfortably seeing off the latest challenge to his leadership.
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