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New police commissioner 'has no mandate' says Ed Balls
Economic Development
Low turnout would have added to scepticism surround West Midlands police chief's role, according to shadow chancellor
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Giant HS2 yard is 'battering' east of the city
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Loss of Washwood Heath jobs is threat to green belt, warns city MP Liam Byrne         
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Chris Game: Tesco tax? Well every little helps
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Councils, like many in Europe, should have control over a range of local taxes, including those on supermarkets.
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Jonathan Walker: Birmingham City Council is wrong to say we don't need major party conferences in the city
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Party conferences are a chance to get the nation's top politicians, journalists, charity heads and business leaders into the city - but Birmingham is turning them away.
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Neil Elkes: Prepare to get what you pay for if Birmingham council cuts annual allowances
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The problem with councils like Birmingham is that the system developed from a time when being a councillor was an amateur occupation.
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Future taxpayers face £1.1bn burden from Birmingham's debt, Tories claim
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But after 20 years taxpayers will be spending more on debt, according to Opposition Conservative leader Coun Robert Alden
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Chris Kelly loses £500k bet after standing down as MP
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Tory Chris Kelly is to stand down at the 2015 General Election after becoming MP for Dudley South in 2010
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Birmingham councillors told to take £100k pay cut
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But council leaders are set to reject the cuts when they meet tomorrow and tell the Independent Remuneration Panel to take another look at councillors’ workloads
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I'll switch Birmingham's speed cameras back on, new police boss pledges
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New police and crime commissioner David Jamieson said he would be looking at the speed camera issue as a priority
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Ed Balls backs Shabana Mahmood after protest at Sainsbury's
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Labour shadow Chancellor supports shadow treasury minister despite her defying party policy by supporting boycott   
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New PCC David Jamieson wants to turn speed cameras back on
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West Midlands police and crime commissioner makes first pledge after dismal electoral turn-out
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West Midlands success 'disguises export failure', Shadow Chancellor claims
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Speaking to the Post, the Shadow Chancellor said the Government was falling “way below” George Osborne’s 2012 goal of doubling exports by the end of the decade
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Councillors hit out after plans for banner adverts in Birmingham are passed
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The banner adverts will be draped from lampposts lining 21 main roads, including Hagley Road, Coventry Road and Belgrave Middleway
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Labour's David Jamieson elected West Midlands police and crime commissioner
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Turnout for the election was 10.32 per cent of the eligible electorate which is just under two million
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Number of 30-plus classes in West Midlands soars
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Labour accused the Government of squandering money on pet projects such as free schools instead of providing more teachers and classrooms where they were needed
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Birmingham MP Shabana Mahmood defies Ed Miliband and insists she still backs Israeli settlement boycott
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Birmingham MP who helped close city supermarket in Gaza protest says she won't back down after leadership tells her to stop campaign
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Gisela Stuart: How decisions made during the First World War still resonate today
Opinion
The commemorations of the First World War are also a chance to understand each other as the nations we have become.
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Neil Elkes: Labour seize the reins of power in Walsall
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Labour councillors in Walsall saw their 14 years of opposition brought to an abrupt end last week as they seized the reins of power.
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Jonathan Walker: Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant takes on Speaker John Bercow
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Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow has found his match in Lichfield MP Michael Fabricant.
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ƵIP policing candidate backs MEP Bill Etheridge in Hitler row
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ƵIP MEP Bill Etheridge has been condemned for praising Hitler's oratory during a recent party meeting.
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Sir Albert on the hunt for £50k chief of staff
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New post advertised internally by Birmingham City Council to provide in-depth support to leader's office
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Voters want "big changes" - and only the Greens can deliver, says party leader Natalie Bennett
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The Green Party want to tax the rich, tax supermarkets and nationalise the railways. As she prepares for their annual conference in Birmingham, party leader Natalie Bennett tells the Birmingham Post why voters are going Green.
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Sir Albert Bore hails rebirth of Birmingham over 30 years but says more is to come
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Sir Albert Bore says Birmingham can look forward to more years of growth
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A third of young adults in the West Midlands living with their parents
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The 'clipped wing generation' are finding themselves with no choice but to remain living with mum and dad well into adulthood
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