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Osborne knocks back £50bn pot for regions in spending review
Economic Development
Business leaders accuse Government of  ‘paying lip-service’ to regional devolution
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Spending review: Transport wins dash for Whitehall cash
Economic Development
DfT will make a 9 per cent saving in day-to-day spending but receive largest boost of any department to its capital budget
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Chancellor reveals single pot will be £2bn a year
EEF
Value of Single Local Growth Fund, which aims to give funding to the regions previously overseen in Whitehall, is less than hoped
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Civil servants to stage pay demonstrations in Birmingham
Economic Development
Demonstrations to be held in Birmingham and Dudley as bitter row over pay continues
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An alternative to 'austerity capitualtion' and 'deficit denial'
Opinion
David Bailey writes "Last Sunday I put my name to a letter to  The Observer  outlining an alternative to both "austerity capitulation" and "deficit denial". It backed a four point plan developed by the think tank Compass"
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The choices facing George Osborne
Opinion
Dr Steven McCabe writes "There was much excitement surrounding last week's announcement of creating 'º£½ÇÊÓƵ Central' - an integrated bundle of capital projects that would create a strategically vital transport nexus in the West Midlands, with ambitious housing and leisure developments."
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Conservative chairman: Councils can improve despite cuts
Birmingham City Council
Leading Tory says local authorities have the ability to improve despite dealing with major funding cuts
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Economy recovering says chancellor George Osborne
Economic Development
Mr Osborne will deliver his spending review on Wednesday, setting out £11.5 billion of cuts in Government departments in the year after the next general election.
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Ed Miliband gives speech in Birmingham: Labour to be 'ruthless' on spending
Economic Development
The Labour leader said he would not make any promises on changes to the spending plans set out by the Chancellor unless he can be "absolutely crystal clear" where the money would come from as he set out the "hard reality" facing the party
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Level playing field needed on corporation tax in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ
Opinion
Trevor Law writes "In his Budget speech earlier this year George Osborne announced that the rate of corporation tax in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ would be cut to 20 per cent with effect from April 2015."
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Austerity, markets and growth - attempting to read the signals
Opinion
Dr Steven McCabe writes "Recent events will not provide much comfort to the coalition government which placed so much faith in austerity as the way to solve this country's economic problems".
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Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP want to trial Heseltine's single pot
Economic Development
Plans to divert billions of pounds from central government to the regions could be piloted in Birmingham and the surrounding area if the city’s business and civic leaders get heir way.
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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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David Bailey: Cable kicks Heseltine's plan into the long grass
Economic Development
The Heseltine Plan appears to have been kicked into the long grass - by the current government at least.
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Vince Cable dismisses Heseltine's LEP vision of regional economies
Economic Development
Plans to revive the West Midlands economy by handing billions to Local Enterprise Partnerships have been thrown into confusion after Business Secretary Vince Cable ruled them out.
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David Bailey: Osborne must put money where his mouth is on local enterprise partnerships
Economic Development
After Regional Development Agencies were scrapped by the Coalition government in 2010, smaller scale Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) were set up - effectively as partnerships between local authorities and business.
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Post Comment: Cable's spanner in the works
Economic Development
Business Secretary Vince Cable has set the cat among the pigeons with his strong comments warning that the Government is not ready to hand funding over to Local Enterprise Partnerships.
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Greater Birmingham LEP launches strategy to create 100,000 jobs
Economic Development
A blueprint to increase private sector jobs by 100,000 and boost the West Midlands economy by £8.2 billion by 2020 has been unveiled.
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Russell Luckock: Strikes loom - but it could be worse
Economic Development
As our nation commemorates the life of one of the most remarkable women of our times, Margaret Thatcher, the strident sounds of war drums are heard from some of this country's leading unions.
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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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Osborne launches legislation to finally kill off regional development agencies
Economic Development
George Osborne launched a revolution in local government as he abolished the regional development agency and placed local councils in charge of boosting the West Midlands economy, in an emergency budget that slashed spending and drove up taxes.
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