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Welfare agencies review ‘inevitable’ after Keanu Williams murder
Birmingham City Council
Top police officer says lessons must be learned after tragic death of two-year-old
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Families ‘could have been spared’ garden tax
Birmingham City Council
Minister claims Birmingham City Council did not have to charge gardeners £35 a year for rubbish collections
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Recovery specialist urges council to back new scheme to help ailing high streets
Economic Development
Sixteen per cent of shops in the West Midlands are empty – a figure that could easily be slashed, according to John Kelly, regional managing partner of business recovery experts Begbies Traynor
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Council shunt Moseley and Kings Heath railway stations into the sidings
Opinion
Keith Gabriel writes "Birmingham City Council’s decision to essentially shunt prospective Moseley and Kings Heath railway stations into the sidings is indeed a provocative one."
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Birmingham’s Grand Hotel restored to former glory
Commercial Property
Hortons’ Estate to invest a further £1 million in the restoration of the facade
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Council caterers claim they are forced to 'waste money'
Economic Development
Civic Catering told a committee it is hamstrung through direct council control with problems including having to pay £15,000 a year extra in agency costs
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Birmingham City Council children's services described as 'utter chaos'
Economic Development
The children’s social care watchdog committee heard the department is on course to spend its fifth year tagged as inadequate unless there is a drastic turnaround
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Council bids to keep OAPs at home in cost-cutting drive
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Council reveals major changes to adult social care as drive to cut budget continues
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Council sickness rates soar by a quarter
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Taxpayers foot the bill as authority sees the number of days lost to sickness increase
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Outcry at council's £29,000 wheelie bin publicity campaign
Economic Development
Cash-strapped Birmingham authority spent funds to get public behind controversial scheme
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Birmingham Airport reveals vision of new runway
Economic Development
The runway would form a crucial part of the airport’s vision to expand into a global hub capable of dealing with 70 million passengers each year – equal to Heathrow’s current throughput
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Post Comment: The opportunity of a lifetime for Birmingham
Economic Development
Plans are being forged which could transform transport, revolutionise air travel, breathe life into Birmingham businesses and give skilled jobs to thousands.
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Sir Albert Bore facing fight to ‘take people with him’
Opinion
Neil Elkes writes "When Sir Albert Bore announced the ‘end of local government as we know it’ last year many took it as an apocalyptic analysis of the state of Birmingham City Council’s finances".
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Boris Johnson forms alliance with Birmingham Airport over plans to expand
Economic Development
Mr Johnson has welcomed the Birmingham proposals – because they endorse his campaign for more aviation capacity in the south without building a new runway at Heathrow
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Sir Albert's 'dialogue' on how to make £340m cuts
Economic Development
With at least £340 million of savings needed by 2017 and increasing burdens on social services, Sir Albert Bore has warned that the council will need ‘to do things very differently’ if services are to be maintained
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Council pays after family-of-five forced to live in one-bedroom flat
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Ombudsman rules that treatment of family-of-five is "unacceptable"
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Birmingham Airport unveils vision for growth, a new business park and 250,000 jobs in the region
Economic Development
Airport's long-term vision endorsed by Midland business leaders including GBSLEP and Chamber of Commerce
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Council accused of passing the buck over Birmingham leisure services cuts
Economic Development
Lib Dem leader says council should decide cuts, not districts
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Work to start this year on £9m Birmingham ring road upgrade
Economic Development
Work on a £9 million project to cut congestion in Birmingham city centre will begin this year.
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Train hopes derailed after decision to sell land
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council's economy, jobs and skills scrutiny committee backed the Labour-run cabinet’s decision to sell land near the Camp Hill Chords Link.
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Birmingham Civic Society reception
Economic Development
Guests attended The Birmingham Civic Society’s annual Spring Reception held at St. Philips Chambers.
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City council considers selling off leisure centres to deal with budget overspend
Economic Development
Underused swimming pools and sports facilities could be sold to help raise cash
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New Broad Street billboards as council raises £1.3m a year
Economic Development
Advertising screens, promoting new Will Smith film After Earth, now look down from the link bridge between the ICC and Hyatt Hotel as part of a deal to raise at least £1.3 million a year for the city council.
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David Kuczora: Suburban train dream derailed
Opinion
David Kuczora writes about plans to sell land in Camp Hill for the re-opening of Moseley and Kings Heath railway stations and two brand new stations.
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