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All roads lead to Birmingham for Post Infrastructure Summit 2013
Economic Development
New initiative putting spotlight on future projects taking place at Edgbaston cricket stadium on October 31
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Duplication singled out as Birmingham City Council slashes budget
Economic Development
Authority to chop 20 per cent from its back office and administration costs
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Rent arrears soar as bedroom tax bites
Bedroom Tax
Huge rise in social housing tenants struggling to pay their bills
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Firms and MPs get behind Youth Jobs Fair
Birmingham City Council
Young people urged to take part in fair to combat youth unemployment in the region
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MP launches campaign to combat Birmingham unemployment
Birmingham City Council
Plans to tackle young jobless after MP claims Government is failing his constituents
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M5 and M6 hard shoulders to be opened in £100bn drive
European Union
'Managed motorway' moves part of Government infrastructure spending plans
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Social services’ catch-22 over child death tragedies
Opinion
Neil Elkes writes "Another year and another serious case review into the death of a child in Birmingham."
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Britain’s £50bn pay cut hitting youngest hardest
Opinion
Jonathan Walker looks into the falling salaries of workers over the past five years and the knock-on effect is has on industry.
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Education services in crisis as schools go own way
Economic Development
Shrinking budgets and new academies and free schools creating uncertain future,  Birmingham City Council admits
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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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Fight over as Birmingham Law Centre closes
Labour Party
Centre confirms it has ceased to operate after months of fighting against cutbacks
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Midland MPs sign motion to derail HS2
Economic Development
Dozens of Conservative ministers joined by MPs in Warwickshire and Staffordshire in opposition to high-speed rail plans
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Families ‘could have been spared’ garden tax
Birmingham City Council
Minister claims Birmingham City Council did not have to charge gardeners £35 a year for rubbish collections
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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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Birmingham politicians rule themselves out of 2014 local elections
Opinion
Neil Elkes writes "Two of the more seasoned politicians in Birmingham appear to have fallen out with party colleagues and ruled themselves out of next year’s local elections."
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Council sickness rates soar by a quarter
Birmingham City Council
Taxpayers foot the bill as authority sees the number of days lost to sickness increase
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Outcry at council's £29,000 wheelie bin publicity campaign
Economic Development
Cash-strapped Birmingham authority spent funds to get public behind controversial scheme
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Birmingham Airport reveals vision of new runway
Economic Development
The runway would form a crucial part of the airport’s vision to expand into a global hub capable of dealing with 70 million passengers each year – equal to Heathrow’s current throughput
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City MP in call for EU referendum law backing
Economic Development
Andrew Mitchell (Con Sutton Coldfield) is supporting a campaign launched by Conservative chairman Grant Shapps encouraging members of the public to write to their MP and use Twitter or Facebook to demand a ballot
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West Midlands police chief says his position should go to save officers' jobs
Economic Development
Bob Jones revealed he is backing a Labour pledge to abolish his controversial role.
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Labour pledges to cut housing benefits bill
Economic Development
Labour leader Ed Miliband set out a series of tough measures designed to cut the welfare bill, in a major speech on benefits.
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Train hopes derailed after decision to sell land
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council's economy, jobs and skills scrutiny committee backed the Labour-run cabinet’s decision to sell land near the Camp Hill Chords Link.
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Midland peer calls for return to traditional ‘Dad’s Army’ banking
Banking & Finance
Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, a Labour peer, told the Lords that small business was still struggling to secure finance, he warned.
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