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Anger at £15,000 pay rise for top Birmingham councillors

FOUR top Birmingham city councillors have each been handed a whopping £15,000 pay rise without doing any extra work, it was revealed today.Read

Residents anger at college revamp in Erdington

THE landmark redevelopment of a ‘shambles’ city school and college site has been slammed by residents angry at plans to put sports pitches next to their back fences.Read

FOUR top Birmingham city councillors have each been handed a whopping £15,000 pay rise without doing any extra work, it was revealed today.

At a time when most people are struggling with rising bills and many face the threat of redundancy, Mike Whitby, Paul Tilsley, Sir Albert Bore and Neville Summerfield have all been given the hefty increase.Read

FOUR top Birmingham city councillors have each been handed a whopping £15,000 pay rise without doing any extra work, it was revealed today.

At a time when most people are struggling with rising bills and many face the threat of redundancy, Mike Whitby, Paul Tilsley, Sir Albert Bore and Neville Summerfield have all been given the hefty increase.Read

Coalface test for Birmingham carers' chief

BIRMINGHAM’S social services boss went back to the shopfloor to find out what day-to-day life is like for care workers.Read

Birmingham wins award for cutting numbers sleeping rough

BIRMINGHAM’S housing department has won a major award for slashing the numbers of people sleeping rough on the city’s streets.Read

Tory chief's council house plan wins praise from unlikely quarter

BIRMINGHAM’S straight-talking Tory housing chief last night found an unlikely ally from the left over his launch of mass council house building in the city.Read

Tory chief's council house plan wins praise from unlikely quarter

BIRMINGHAM’S straight-talking Tory housing chief last night found an unlikely ally from the left over his launch of mass council house building in the city.Read

Residents only plan for Birmingham rubbish tips

HOUSEHOLDERS dumping their rubbish at a Birmingham City Council tip will have to prove they live in the city.Read

Tory chief's council house plan wins praise from unlikely quarter

BIRMINGHAM’S straight-talking Tory housing chief last night found an unlikely ally from the left over his launch of mass council house building in the city.Read

Council leisure chief: I still support Central library building

BIRMINGHAM’S new leisure, sport and culture boss has restated his support for the Central Library currently under threat of demolition.Read

Handsworth sculpture green-lit by council

CITY planning bosses decided beauty is in the eye of the beholder after voting through a new eye-catching sculpture dedicated to historic industrialist Matthew Boulton.Read

Handsworth sculpture green-lit by council

CITY planning bosses decided beauty is in the eye of the beholder after voting through a new eye-catching sculpture dedicated to historic industrialist Matthew Boulton.Read

Labour slump into regional third place in European elections

GORDON Brown’s political survival hung in the balance today as Labour suffered a devastating rout in the European elections.Read

Residents win fight to save Birmingham beauty spot

WATER company Severn Trent has been told it cannot run a half-mile road through a city woodland beauty spot following major protests from residents.Read

Municipal Housing Trust to oversee mass building of council houses

COUNCIL tenants representatives today welcomed a new dawn of municipal house building in Birmingham.Read

500 new city homes each year in Birmingham

HUNDREDS of new council houses are to be built in Birmingham as city leaders embark on a huge new construction drive, it was announced today.Read

THOUSANDS of new council houses are to be built in Birmingham as city leaders embark on a huge new construction drive, it was announced today.

Up to 500 homes-a-year are to be built by the city, a rate of council house development not seen in the UK since the 1960s and 70s.Read

THOUSANDS of new council houses are to be built in Birmingham as city leaders embark on a huge new construction drive, it was announced today.

Up to 500 homes-a-year are to be built by the city, a rate of council house development not seen in the UK since the 1960s and 70s.Read

Superstore plan near West Brom ground put on hold

PROPOSALS for a new Morrison’s superstore near West Bromwich Albion’s Hawthorns stadium have been put on hold.Read

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A local news reporter in the Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and south Staffordshire area since 1995, Neil Elkes is the local government correspondent covering the activities of Birmingham CIty Council - Europe's largest local authority. An avid reader and collector of comics Neil is writing a column on this for the Birmingham Mail website.

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