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Watchdog questions Birmingham City Council's ability to deliver cost cuts
Economic Development
A local government watchdog has challenged an upbeat report on Birmingham City Council’s ambitious business transformation project.
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Reflections of India with Birmingham Forward
Economic Development
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Westley Richards, Birmingham gunmakers
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Terry Grimley: Wrongful conviction is brought to stage
Economic Development
A once notorious miscarriage of justice in the Edwardian West Midlands, the Great Wyrley Outrages, is the subject for a new play by Birmingham writer David Edgar which will have its premiere at Birmingham Rep next spring.
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Birmingham pub bombings
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Birmingham's Christmas Lights chaos
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Birmingham pub bomb victims
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Birmingham Press Club Annual Ball
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Sir Ian McKellen visits Birmingham school
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Fleetwood Mac at the NIA, Birmingham
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Birmingham City Council plans to outsource service delivery is privatisation by another name
Economic Development
It is easy to see why politicians, from all political parties, are uneasy about privatising local government functions.
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Jobs to go at Longbridge as MG production halted until spring
Manufacturing
MG Motor Ƶ yesterday confirmed its plan to suspend production temporarily at Longbridge as the “season” for two-seater sports cars ends.
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Former LDV executive takes on MG sales role
Manufacturing
Former LDV executive Guy Jones has won a new job at MG Motor Ƶ, the Chinese-owned sports car manufacturer based at Longbridge.
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ArtsFest 2009
Economic Development
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World Record Bhangra dance in Birmingham
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Airbus A380 visits Birmingham Airport
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A stressful time for council workers, despite generous holiday and gold-plated pensions
Economic Development
New figures identifying a sharp jump in the number of local government workers off sick with mental health problems are certainly reflected in Birmingham, where depression, stress and tiredness are the main drivers behind a ludicrous absenteeism rate.
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Funeral of Birmingham soldier Joe Murphy
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Total Place puts pressure on local partnerships
Economic Development
And anything called Total Place launched by Ministers with such a surfeit of exaggerated claims – the most radical local government reform ever, slashing bureaucracy, making money work harder etc, etc – is setting itself up for a spectacular fall if the lessons of history are anything to go by.
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Summer weather makes things hot for employers
Economic Development
The promise of a hot summer may have excited schoolchildren looking forward to their holiday, but it was probably not so exciting for those having to work in the much heralded heat.
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Can-can comes to Birmingham
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England stars join Birmingham youngsters for some Urban Cricket
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Birmingham Post Flickr Group gallery
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Clive Dutton's sharp exit raises questions about Birmingham Council employment contracts
Economic Development
Local government moves in a mysterious way, its wonders to perform, but there will be people in Birmingham today wondering about the wisdom of the city council handing its chief officers contracts of employment requiring only three months’ notice of intention to leave.
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