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West Midlands mayor: The possible candidates
Economic Development
With talk mayor for the West Midlands back on the agenda, political editor Jonathan Walker assesses the potential candidates
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Ikon Gallery hits back over Real Birmingham Family statue outcry
Economic Development
Created by Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing, the life-sized bronze sculpture depicts a pregnant Emma Jones, 27, and her sister Roma, 29, with children Kyan, four, and Shaye, five
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Birmingham Made Me 2014: Manufacturing happens by design, not by accident
Birmingham Made Me
Beverley Nielsen claims the recent success of Midlands-based manufacturers has relied heavily upon the work of the creative industries
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Pressure on Birmingham as Osborne pledges elected mayor for Greater Manchester and £1bn in devolved powers
Economic Development
Announcement today is likely to ramp up pressure on Birmingham and West Midlands to follow suit following vow from Labour's Chuka Umunna
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Peter Sharkey: Ashes Test match special for city with a fortune forecasted
Opinion
Edgbaston Stadium and Marketing Birmingham announced that next year's Third Ashes Test could provide a boost in excess of £26 million to the local economy.
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Birmingham Tories hit out as council funds union reps to tune of £1.2m
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council under fire from prominent Conservatives as Communities Secretary Eric Pickles accuses the Labour-run authority of burning taxpayers' cash
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Steven McCabe: Sex, drugs and exit from the EU?
Opinion
One of the reasons our GDP has increased is because of almost £10 billion extra being included to account for the sex and drugs trade estimated to be worth some £5.3 billion and £4.4 billion respectively.
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Birmingham City Council's Forward publication over steps the mark with highly political content
Opinion
Criticism, the £600,000 cost of publication, and tensions within the former Tory-Lib Dem coalition led to Birmingham City Council's Forward publication being axed as a regular newspaper in 2009.
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Labour MP brands smart motorways 'not so smart'
Economic Development
Shadow Transport Secretary says £360m schemes designed to ease congestion on very busy sections of West Midlands motorways are a safety risk
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Shortfall of private investment in Library of Birmingham
Economic Development
Charitable fundraising arm for the Library of Birmingham falls £700,000 short.
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Jonathan Walker: Still no idea how to rein in another 'Trojan Horse'
Opinion
Birmingham was targeted by a "co-ordinated, deliberate and sustained" campaign to introduce "an intolerant and aggressive Islamic ethos into a few schools"
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David Bailey: George Osborne's deficit-reduction plan is way off track
Opinion
On current trends, government borrowing in 2014-15 will come in at around £100bn. The shortfall in the first five months of this financial year is actually higher than it was in the same period in 2013-14.
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Nick Clegg's plans to give cities legal right to home rule
Economic Development
Lib Dem leader has revealed mission to offer cities and regions a right to home rule and expects to have draft laws published in 2015
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Birmingham Law School lecturer brands Conservatives' human rights plan “misleading, vague and completely incoherent”
Professional Services
Dr Bharat Malkani, a lecturer at Birmingham Law School at the University of Birmingham, branded the plan as “misleading, vague and completely incoherent”
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Birmingham Airport chief calls for new approach to air travel
Economic Development
Paul Kehoe argued that by making Birmingham Aiport, and others such as Manchester, as national airports they would begin to lever in more direct flights and more inward investment
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Neil Elkes: White Dee shakes many a pre-conception at Birmingham's Tory Party Conference
Opinion
Deirdre Kelly, White Dee of Benefits Street fame, was enough to draw a large crowd - and media - to an average meeting room at Birmingham Broad Street's Novotel, for the Tory Party Conference.
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Capita paid £23m dividend from taxpayer-funded Service Birmingham contract
Service Birmingham
A total of £23 million was paid to the private firm last year from the controversial deal with Birmingham City Council, up from £8 million in 2012
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David Cameron seeks to portray election as personal battle with Miliband
Economic Development
PM also promises to cut taxes for millions of workers if Conservatives win next election
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Birmingham and Doncaster chosen for HS2 College
Economic Development
Birmingham’s Science Park and Doncaster’s Lakeside Campus will be the hubs for the college, which is due to open in 2017
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Benefits Street star Dee Kelly: I'm a fan of ƵIP
Economic Development
Reality star Deirdre Kelly spoke at the Conservative Party Conference about how to fix the benefits system but revealed she was a fan of Nigel Farage
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David Cameron blames Birmingham's Labour council for 6,000 job cuts as conference kicks off
Economic Development
Conservative Leader David Cameron highlighted Tory hopes of winning Birmingham Northfield and Birmingham Edgbaston in interview as the Tory conference comes to the city
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Three more Conservative Party conferences coming to Birmingham
Economic Development
Tories due to announce trio of future events in Birmingham despite city deciding not to subsidise conferences at ICC
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Tory Conference to host 300 fringe events
Enterprise
Creative industries, regional devolution and manufacturing among the key themes to be covered during substantial fringe programme
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Sutton Coldfield Tory MP under fire from his own party in overseas aid fight
Economic Development
Sutton Coldfield Tory MP Andrew Mitchell faced opponents from his own party as he won a battle to enshrine Britain's commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on overseas aid.
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