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Why proposed Capita Cuts aren't a big deal
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David Bailey on why the proposed Capita Cuts aren't nearly as Big a Deal as Albert Bore's Spin suggests.
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Birmingham City Council hands over half a million to Capita
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Despite supposedly being broke, Birmingham City Council has just found another half a million quid down the back of the municipal sofa to hand over to Capita.
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Great Hall you have here, Mr Li
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Mike Loftus attends the 9th Annual EU-China Business Summit which took place in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
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Are green energy levies working?
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The political football that is the cost of energy, just got booted up field as the coalition Government quickly turns defence into attack.
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Jaguar Land Rover sets up in Brazil
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Premium car maker Jaguar Land Rover announced a £240m investment in Brazil to set up a new manufacturing plant there.
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When pop and rock's biggest names staged a Wembley tribute to Nelson Mandela
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Enda Mullen remembers a spring day at Wembley Stadium in 1990 when some of the biggest stars in music performed at a concert to celebrate the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in South Africa.
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Christopher Bucktin: Is Amazon’s drone plan the end of conversation as we know it?
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The theory sounds good, but in reality flying unmanned drones to someone's front door let alone finding the parcel's intended recipient is the stuff of Hollywood sci-fi...
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Politicians must help stamp out spectre of fixing
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Latest furore cannot be ignored or sponsors and fans will be lost.
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Online retail, bitcoins – and why you should check old hard drives
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Bitcoins are a form of computer currency created five years ago which are not controlled by central banks, governments or major institutions.
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A picture of Paradise lost and a city council whose brief’s too big
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My walk to Paradise Forum was a grubby experience, and not one to have to endure with my son.
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The MP, the tramp and a lesson in life
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From time to time a politician feels the need to experience head-on what it’s like to be poor, and so he sleeps rough for a day or two.
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George Osborne's message - the future is bright but be very afraid
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Political Editor Jonathan Walker gives his instant analysis of Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement
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Splits may yet see wheels come off º£½ÇÊÓƵIP bandwagon
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The United Kingdom Independence Party faces the prospect of a split in the eurosceptic vote.
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Fine Christmas awaits as council’s bus lanes response moves slowly
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Realisation has dawned that the challenge is over the woefully inadequate signs which lead motorists into Priory Queensway before they are confronted with the bus lane and enforcement camera.
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Corporate Britain continues its rise as choices vanish
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What on earth are we to make of Poundland opening its 500th store right here in the heart of Birmingham city centre, Corporation Street?
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British people are dipping into their savings
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Households are pulling money out of their savings accounts at the fastest rate in recent times.
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Rethinking the economy
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George Osborne's autumn statement suggests that recovery is now well established and that all we need to do is keep cutting expenditure and we will be fine.
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Martin Sorrell's 10 steps to business success
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Chief executive of WPP shares ten insights from his business experience.
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BCU goes into the Scottish hills in the pursuit of sustainability
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I have co-edited a book about the Scottish uplands which I believe offers important lessons for us in here in the West Midlands as we pursue our narrative of sustainability. 
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Christopher Bucktin: Obama Iran deal - Major coup or historic mistake?
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Every which way he has turned in recent months, the Commander-in-chief has found himself at the wheel of one political car crash after another...
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Low wages in hard times are inevitable
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These days employers can only afford to hire the best, sadly leaving a substantial band of job seekers unable to find employment.
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Getting rid of the grammar schools destroyed opportunities for so many
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In 1975 political dogma and the need to pacify the Labour left put a stop to the Direct Grant system. They were all meant to become comprehensive schools.
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Playing with growth in the Greater Birmingham LEP
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A game format can help you go beyond your usual agendas and, by so doing, help you grapple with wider issues, learning from the group discussion.
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A doorway to the past, our libraries are now becoming history themselves
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The author of the successful Horrible Histories stories has said society no longer needs libraries
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