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Council’s £470k bill to trace just 14 fly-tippers
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council fined just 14 fly-tippers in the last 12 months – in spite of being hit by 38 incidents every day.
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Lord Mandelson: Labour only backed high speed rail to "trump" the Tories
Economic Development
Labour backed high speed rail to "trump" the Tories - not because the country needs it, Peter Mandelson has admitted.
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City centre Metro plans 'flawed'
Economic Development
Extension of the line deemed unambitious or potentially flawed
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John Major highlights Tory lurch to the right
Opinion
Sir John Major's comments illustrate how David Cameron has abandoned his "liberal Conservative" approach and reverted to traditional Tory values.
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‘Plebgate’ officers refuse to apologise to Andrew Mitchell
Economic Development
Under questioning from MPs, Chief Constable of West Mercia David Shaw admitted that the affair had dented public confidence in the police
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Ex-Longbridge councillor chosen for Sutton Coldfield seat
Economic Development
Ken Wood who represented Longbridge from 2008 to 2012 gets nod for safe seat
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JLR could be a blueprint for rest of º£½ÇÊÓƵ
Opinion
Labour can learn from Jaguar Land Rover as they develop the economic policies for the next General Election.
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Rookie’s job to prove a commitment to localism
Opinion
What exactly is Labour’s policy? The last Labour government created Regional Development Agencies, with budgets of hundreds of millions of pounds.
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Labour's pledge to probe construction industry blacklist scandal
Economic Development
Firms were exposed as running a secret blacklist naming specific workers as troublemakers who should not be employed.
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From the archives: How The Library of Birmingham could have looked
Economic Development
Ken Shuttleworth, Glenn Howells and Adjaye Associates came up with designs for city's new library
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Is Labour preparing for a low-speed U-turn?
Opinion
Have Labour turned against HS2? Most political journalists at Westminster believe so, but the truth is that we don’t really know.
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MP tells bedroom tax tenants to take in a lodger
Economic Development
Yardley MP says those hit by benefit cuts could rent out a spare room to make ends meet
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Jack Dromey joins Labour's Shadow Home Office team
Economic Development
Birmingham Erdington MP appointed Shadow Police Minister in Ed Miliband's front bench
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Jack Dromey becomes Shadow Police Minister in Miliband reshuffle
Economic Development
Birmingham MPs Jack Dromey and Shabana Mahmood get new Shadow Ministerial roles while Liam Byrne is demoted and Bromsgrove Tory Sajid Javid is promoted
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Liam Byrne loses Labour Shadow Cabinet role in Miliband reshuffle
Economic Development
Hodge Hill MP handed junior role reporting to Shadow Business Secretary
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Digby Jones: Labour are waging war on business
Economic Development
The peer, a former head of the CBI, hit out at Labour policies, including reversing corporation tax cuts
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Renewed Tories playing Labour at its own game
Opinion
Tory backbenchers want David Cameron to steal Labour's thunder with policies to cut the cost of living - and win over trade unionists.
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Andrew Mitchell in line for Cabinet return
Economic Development
Sutton Coldfield MP who lost his role as chief whip over "plebgate" affair considered for return to Government
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HS2: Cameron admits 'limit' to funds for £42 billion rail link
Economic Development
Future of the proposed line linking the capital with cities including Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds was thrown into doubt at last week's Labour conference
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A speech welcomed by the left – and the right
Opinion
Conservatives will gather in Manchester for their annual conference in high spirits – but any hint of triumphalism could be their undoing.
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The party that blinks first on HS2 ‘will not be forgotten', says airport director
Economic Development
Labour had previously warned that it would end its support plans for a new high speed rail line linking Birmingham, London, Leeds and Manchester if the cost exceeded £50 billion
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HS2: Danny Alexander rounds on critics of controversial rail project
Economic Development
Alexander: "It would be absolute folly to neglect these long-term benefits for short-term political reasons."
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Knife crime summit to be held in wake of recent stabbings
Economic Development
Meeting of the council’s social cohesion and community safety scrutiny committee called in the wake of the stabbings of teenagers Azim Azam and Joshua Ribera.
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JLR chief to spearhead supply chain initiative
Manufacturing
The JLR executive will produce a comprehensive review of Britain’s manufacturing supply chains to help transform the fortunes of the sector in the long term.
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