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MPs need to grasp threat of legal aid cuts
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Legal aid budget cuts threaten the closure of hundreds of firms of solicitors nationwide, while barristers face bankruptcy.
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Independent schools are already trying to break down the 'Berlin Wall'
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Michael Gove spoke of his desire to knock down the 'Berlin Wall' between the state and independent sector.
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Pretentious nonsense of Olympic proportions
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Are we inclined to elevate what blokes do with a ball above its proper station?
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Why does everyone hate councillors?
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When our national politicians take an interest in devolving power to local communities, giving it to councillors is the last option they consider.
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Reprieved park keepers get by with a little help from their Friends...
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Birmingham's green and pleasant land has been given a boost with the decision to put cash into the parks budget.
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50p tax rate is no attack on business
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Economics and jobs are of course huge and the fight will be intense to convince the British people who can deliver.
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It's one step back, two steps forward for resurgent firms
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Jaguar Land Rover is piling up profits at the rate of a remarkable £9.3 million a day, amassing earnings of £842 million alone in the third quarter of last year.
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A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
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With the seemingly unending rain and the tragedy unfolding for many householders and businesses in the º£½ÇÊÓƵ it's tempting to ask if we are finally seeing the impact of climate change.
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Learning - how to get that warm English glow
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The Global Times' disparaging remarks aside, teaching and tourism are not a bad platform for a real and lasting relationship with China.
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Strategy, leadership and hubris - what needs to change?
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Patrick O'Connell is to join HS2 Limited as their interim programme and strategy director
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Christopher Bucktin: Society must learn from Philip Seymour Hoffman's tragic final act
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Education essential to teach children the perils of drugs
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Greater Birmingham: Pulling together to become the Self-Made Place
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Too many people in Birmingham prefer to say they are from Longbridge, Aston, Ladywood, Edgbaston.
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Dealing with floods needs co-ordinated actions across Government departments
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Recent events illustrate that we need better joined-up policies across national and local government to address our changing climate and weather.
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Do not lay blame for Ashes flop at doors of counties
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Shaking up domestic game yet again will not solve England's ills.
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ETF is a cheaper form of investment
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One of the major trends in fund management over the last few years has been the drive to lower costs for investors.
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Benefits Street - and a warning from history
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The decline of manufacturing in Birmingham has been an 'elephant in the room' in all of the brouhaha concerning the Channel Four television programme Benefits Street.
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Crack the code and this could be the best place to live in Birmingham
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Icknield Port Loop has the potential to become a splendid place – the best place to live in Birmingham, perhaps.
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Makers on the march - but our rearguard is dangerously exposed
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The much-delayed ‘march of the makers’ is picking up speed at last, with the º£½ÇÊÓƵ manufacturing sector finally enjoying a more broad based recovery.
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There are benefits to living in Benefits Street
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Getting to know your neighbours is the one advantage of being home during the day.
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Are our poorer white children failing at school?
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MPs believe that white working class pupils doing worse than they should at school.
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The bald truth for Bob Jones about proposed police force budget increase
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Labour Police Commissioner Bob Jones had to persuade a group of politicians from across the West Midlands not to veto his plans for a three per cent rise in the police precept on council tax.
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Looking for economic insight on our airport
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Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce members have prioritised the expansion of flights from Birmingham Airport for over ten years.
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Tata suicide raises disturbing issues on executive life
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The tragic death of this apparently successful executive raises painful questions about the very nature of corporate success, and the price that has to be paid.
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Mind to Market - Closing the gap between education and customers
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We need more people teaching who are able to maintain a market stance or posture whilst at the same time helping to create the means to impart this information to students.
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