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Birmingham councillors back Sir Albert's leadership
Birmingham City Council
Labour colleagues throw full support behind city council leader following high-profile resignation of cabinet member James McKay
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Birmingham's Tory leader calls on entire city cabinet to quit
Birmingham City Council
Coun Robert Alden says the whole Labour leadership at the city council is at fault for the problems currently miring the local authority
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Senior Birmingham councillor quits cabinet
Birmingham City Council
Member for Harborne James McKay says leader Sir Albert Bore lacks political vision as he decides to step down from social cohesion role
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It’s not just the Tories who are making Labour politicians nervous
Labour Party
Birmingham Labour politicians are endangered species thanks to boundary reviews and the ascent of Jeremy Corbyn
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I think I finally understand why people like Jeremy Corbyn
Labour Party
Jeremy Corbyn says that 'people matter more than money' - and some voters haven't heard that before.
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Labour will press ahead with high-speed rail
Labour Party
But Shadow Transport Secretary has pledged to run the high-speed rail line between Birmingham and London as a public service during party's annual conference in Brighton
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Protest over backing for fossil fuel by West Midlands council pension funds
Environment
Friends of the Earth says West Midlands council workers do not want their pensions invested in coal and oil. Invest in local housing and renewable energy instead say campaigners.
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Ratan Tata and Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya become Honorary Freeman of Coventry
Warwick Manufacturing Group
The chairman of the Tata Group and founder and chairman of Warwick Manufacturing Group at the University of Warwick both took the Oath of Freemen and signed the Roll of Honour
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Rise of strident young councillor showing she has talent to Byrne
Politics
Those outside Birmingham’s political bubble, or the Washwood Heath community, could be forgiven for never having heard of Mariam Khan – but that is beginning to change after a series of increasingly high-profile appointments and events.
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Birmingham litter pledge falters due to computer glitch
Birmingham City Council
Residents who fail to report a missed collection within 24 hours of the bin lorry not showing up cannot complain to the council about it
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Satisfying the Tory Government, not Jeremy Corbyn, is the priority for Birmingham's Labour leaders
Birmingham City Council
Tory councillor wonders if Jeremy Corbyn will be dictating policy for Labour run Birmingham City Council - it's highly unlikely
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HS2 under fire in heated House of Lords debate
High Speed 2
Peers clashed over the project, which has become integral into Birmingham’s regneration plans, with one calling for an independent review
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Refugee crisis - Birmingham councillor opens heart on family's persecution
Moseley
Labour councillor Claire Spencer gave an emotional account of the difficulties Syrians will face coming to Birmingham and urged the city to make them feel at home
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Nearly 16,000 former benefits claimants declared fit for work in West Midlands
Politics
Anyone declared fit for work was stripped of their incapacity benefit and moved onto Jobseekers Allowance, provided they met the criteria for JSA
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Birmingham busker ban proposals are scrapped
Labour Party
Campaigners had described the move as ‘draconian’ and claimed that the vibrancy and life of the city centre would be damaged by the ban
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Working standards fears as West Midlands named º£½ÇÊÓƵ's zero hours capital
Employment
A total of 3.1 per cent of the region’s working population have the contracts, which do not require set hours, compared to a º£½ÇÊÓƵ-wide average of 2.4 per cent
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Tom Watson's challenge is to heal Labour
Labour Party
Black Country MP Tom Watson, the favourite to become Labour's deputy leader, is trying to heal a party divided by a brutal leadership contest
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How West Midlands Police pays four times the amount other forces do for a belt
West Midlands Police
Government urges cash-strapped bosses to shop around for equipment
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Warwickshire leadership 'risking county's economic future'
Warwickshire
Tory leadership accused of being narrow-minded over its decision to opt out of the new West Midlands Combined Authority which is comes into force next year
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Councillor quits Labour group in row over 'underhand deals'
Chamber of Commerce
Party's 'pettiness and indiscipline' too much for back bench member as he resigns
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Why Labour's electoral dilemma strikes at the heart of the country
General election
Lewis Baston examines Labour's status in the Midlands as the party battles to turn itself around following May's General Election
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Cliques and stitch-ups part and parcel of party politics
Birmingham City Council
Neil Elkes takes a look at some of the internal wrangles currently affecting the Labour group at Birmingham City Council
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Date set for legal challenge against Birmingham's most popular councillor
Economic Development
Probe into Labour councillor's victory in May's local elections will now be heard in court in November by election commissioner Timothy Straker QC
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Midlands 'should be like Scotland or Wales' for BBC
BBC
MPs have urged the BBC to make the Midlands its principal focus after ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland teamed up to negotiate the new charter
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