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Dense housing 'obstructs Birmingham's cultural aspirations'
Economic Development
Plans to build thousands of new houses in Birmingham will send 'shudders down the spine' of anyone who enjoys the city's mature garden suburbs a leading Conservative has said.
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The research claiming the deficit row could be academic
Economic Development
West Midlands councils have had their budgets cut by £76 million this financial year.
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Post Comment: City's diversity is reaping rewards
Economic Development
Birmingham is an international city in every way.
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Queen's Speech: "A blueprint for those who want to work hard"
Economic Development
A crackdown on immigration and measures to boost the economy were at the heart of the Queens Speech as the Government set out its legislative programme for the next 12 months.
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Tories hoping to wipe out memories of Solihull election losses
Economic Development
It was a huge shock to the Conservative Party when it lost its iron grip on the safe Solihull seat back in 2005 when Lib Dem Lorely Burt replaced John Taylor as MP.
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ƵIP council election success just the start, says MEP Mike Nattrass
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ƵIP’S West Midlands Euro-MP has called on the main political parties to wake up and take notice after the anti-EU party gained its first local council seats – winning a quarter of the vote nationally.
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Bureaucracy concern of Birmingham SMEs chasing council contracts
Economic Development
Small and medium sized businesses could miss out on Birmingham City Council contracts thanks to an "unnecessarily bureaucratic" new policy designed to help them, it has been claimed.
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Neil Elkes: What price the city jewels?
Economic Development
Former Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby set a few hares running some years back when he suggested that some of the city's assets could be sold to wealthy Arabs.
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SMEs may be put off Birmingham City Council Contracts says Tory
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Small and medium sized businesses could miss out on Birmingham City Council contracts thanks to an “unnecessarily bureaucratic” new policy designed to help them, it has been claimed.
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Government U-turn over changes to planning policies
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Ministers were forced into a U-turn over proposals to relax planning rules over home extensions following a threatened rebellion by MPs.
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John Clancy to challenge Albert Bore for Birmingham council leadership
Economic Development
A Labour backbencher has launched his second bid to become Birmingham City Council leader with a pledge to get the city building and invest in small businesses.
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Council leader dismisses MP's HS2 'dumping ground' claim as 'hypocrisy'
Economic Development
A council leader in Warwickshire has attacked an MP’s claims Labour would “dump” a maintenance depot for high speed rail in the county.
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Russell Luckock: Let heads roll for the waste they create
Economic Development
Last week's Conservative's performance at Eastleigh should send alarm bells ringing through Tory head office.
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War of words as Birmingham City Council announces £102m cuts to services and 1,000 jobs lost
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Birmingham city council leader Sir Albert Bore stressed his commitment to job creation and economic growth as he announced a budget of swingeing cuts.
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Jobs 'disaster' as Walsall Council regeneration project falls through
Economic Development
Plans to create 4,000 jobs by regenerating 37 acres of derelict industrial land have suffered a setback after a deal to sell it fell through.
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Police pledge to find truth behind allegations of 'plebgate' deceit
Economic Development
Scotland Yard has vowed to "get to the truth" of allegations that a police officer falsely claimed to have witnessed the "plebgate" row
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A warm welcome to our city for Comrade Pickles
Economic Development
It’s not often that Labour and Conservative politicians can appear side by side in public without one trying to outdo the other.
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Shadow home secretary calls for chief whip Andrew Mitchell to be sacked
Economic Development
Andrew Mitchell should be sacked by the Prime Minister, Yvette Cooper said as Labour stepped up its attacks on the embattled chief whip.
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MP Aidan Burley stands by criticism of 'multicultural crap' Olympic ceremony
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The Staffordshire MP who described the Olympics opening ceremony as “leftist multicultural crap” on Twitter has stood by his comments.
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40 years on from the miners' battle of Saltley Coke works
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Jon Griffin marks next month’s 40th anniversary of a Birmingham industrial dispute which signalled the beginning of the end for Prime Minister Ted Heath.
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Cannock Chase MP Aidan Burley 'hired nazi uniform for groom', claims report
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Staffordshire MP Aidan Burley has been sacked from his role in the Department of Transport despite apologising for attending a stag party where the groom dressed as a Nazi and toasts were made to the policies of Hitler.
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Jonathan Walker: Employers look on as Tories battle each other
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Fresh-faced Aidan Burley provided a fine illustration of how divided the Conservatives are on Europe during the Commons debate on whether to hold a referendum.
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Iron Angle: Lord Adonis sticks the knife in at Lunar Society date
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One doesn’t want to name drop, but it seems like only yesterday that I joined city council leader Mike Whitby in the office of then Schools Minister Lord Andrew Adonis to talk about Birmingham’s exciting plans to turn several under-performing schools into new city academies.
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Post Comment: Lord Adonis and the home truths
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In delivering the annual Lunar Society lecture, Lord Adonis reminded us of some timely, but highly uncomfortable, facts about the state of Birmingham in 2011.
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