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A difficult balancing act for the city's leaders
Birmingham City Council
Local government correspondent Neil Elkes assess the task facing Birmingham City Council's cabinet as they vie for the leadership of the ruling Labour group
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Little enthusiasm for Bore and little appetite for change
Birmingham City Council
Sorry Labour group unable to reach consensus over leadership woes
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The Chancellor won't fund major projects unless they're in the Northern Powerhouse
Conservative Party
You can't get money out of the Treasury - unless it's for the Northern Powerhouse. So where does this leave Birmingham?
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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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A New Street Apple makes for an appealing city core
Apple
The world's largest retailer is investing in a part of the city which looked unloved and lacking direction a matter of months ago
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Birmingham China Business Forum pick up the Chancellor's challenge
China
Chancellor George Osborne's visit to China shows the opportunities are there but breaking down the doors is still an issue, says Mike Loftus
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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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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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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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F-Pace to inject some pace in jaguar sales?
Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover will be hoping that the new F-Pace model will inject added pace in Jaguar's sales.
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Looks like Einstein has views on China's current challenges
China
Mike Loftus takes a look at the "miracle" of the Chinese economy and how it sits alongside its western counterparts
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Birmingham is built on tolerance and the toil of refugees
Politics
City will wither and stagnate unless it remains open to new arrivals and new ideas, says local government correspondent Neil Elkes
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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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Jaguar Land Rover's China Syndrome
Jaguar Land Rover
David Bailey examines the perils facing Jaguar Land Rover in China, one of its most profitable and successful markets
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Green tax turns brown
Environment
David Cameron's "greenest government ever" paradoxically continues to go about the task of unraveling many of our renewable energy subsidies
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City of Sanctuary in Birmingham reinforces who we really are
Opinion
Birmingham has its own problems, but we'd be worse off for not standing up and being counted
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Get down to business and show some ambition
Paul Faulkner
Paul Faulkner urges those with a vested interest in the West Midlands' political and business worlds to be ambitious in their vision for the new combined authority
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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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Home Secretary is talking to the right people as she draws up new anti-extremism strategy
Politics
Efforts to tackle extremism recognised, the ongoing green belt saga and what will national politicians will make of our combined authority chief.
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Don't let big salaries take attention away from the bottom end
Finance
Head of business Graeme Brown argues that the fascination with top-level salaries shouldn't detract from the real issues at the bottom end of the pay scale
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Hitting the right notes in our duet with China
China
Mike Loftus on our attempts to understand modern China and its role in the global economy
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º£½ÇÊÓƵ car output up - and down
Economy
Professor David Bailey from Aston Business School examines the fall in the latest set of manufacturing figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders
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Why the Labour left is blind to what public really wants
Labour Party
Political editor Jonathan Walker examines the continuing debate over Jeremy Corbyn and his apparently unstopable march to victory in the Labour leadership contest
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