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Birmingham City Council's £42 million of savings 'may not happen'

A PLEDGE by Birmingham City Council to save £42 million by devising more efficient ways of working will not be achieved unless “corrective action” is taken, the local authority has admitted.Read

500 Birmingham bin men face losing £8,000 pay rise

AN £8,000-a-year pay rise handed to 500 Birmingham City Council binmen and street sweepers was “legally flawed” and is likely to be challenged in court.Read

Birmingham City Council boss seeking answers over possible move by Ministry of Justice

A MAJOR jobs boost for Birmingham is being threatened by government confusion, a council boss has warned.Read

Birmingham City Council's new website criticised

BIRMINGHAM City Council’s new website was finally switched on yesterday, and immediately attracted a storm of critical comment.Read

Violent clashes in Birmingham 'caused little disruption to shoppers'

THE violent scenes on the streets of Birmingham caused “minimal disruption” to shoppers and were not as bad as the average football match, a senior city councillor insisted.Read

Liberal Democrat barrister Ayoub Khan faces claims he misled court

LEADING Birmingham Liberal Democrat Ayoub Khan will have to answer unprofessional conduct allegations following claims that he misled a court.Read

Parts of east Birmingham 'sleepwalking into violence', warns police chief

HODGE Hill and other parts of east Birmingham could be “sleepwalking” into violent gangland activity, a police chief warned.Read

BIA’s Paul Kehoe steps up campaign to bring high-speed rail service to airport

BIA chief executive Paul Kehoe has stepped up his campaign to bring a high-speed rail service to the airport by condemning Birmingham International station as “tired” and little improved since the 1970s.Read

Swine flu: Idea to install microphones to listen for coughers arriving at Birmingham International Airport

SPACE-age technology capable of diagnosing a person’s cough could be used at Birmingham International Airport in the fight against swine flu.Read

Delay to planned New Street Station tower blocks approved

PLANNERS have approved a delay in constructing two tower blocks at the £600 million New Street Station redevelopment scheme.Read

Eastside drive to attract civil service jobs to Birmingham

COUNCIL leaders are trying to attract thousands of civil service jobs to Birmingham’s Eastside regeneration zone.Read

High-speed trains 'will stop in city'

HIGH-speed trains from London to Glasgow are likely to stop in Birmingham city centre, the man behind the multi-billion pound project has forecast.Read

City council uses phone taps and bugging to catch criminals

BUGGING devices, telephone tapping, hacking into emails and other surveillance tactics to detect criminals have been used by Birmingham City Council on 575 occasions during the past five years.Read

Birmingham answers call for exotic meals on wheels

OLD folk could soon be tucking into exotic dishes like Caribbean snapper fish and yam after a makeover of Birmingham’s meals on wheels service.Read

£2 billion boost for Birmingham's roads

BIRMINGHAM’S battered roads are in line for a £2.7 billion makeover after engineering giants Amey won a contract to manage the city’s highways network, it was announced today.Read

Cost of new Birmingham City Council website spirals to £2.8m

THE cost of building a new Birmingham City Council website shot up by an incredible 383 per cent in just four years, it emerged last night.Read

Cost of new Birmingham City Council website spirals to £2.8m

THE cost of building a new Birmingham City Council website shot up by an incredible 383 per cent in just four years, it emerged last night.Read

Child abuse findings still missing from council website

BIRMINGHAM City Council officials were left red-faced last night after a pledge to reveal the findings of investigations into the cases of eight children who died from suspected abuse or neglect backfired.Read

Birmingham mother and son selected to fight seats at general election

Birmingham Tories have selected a unique mother and son combination to fight seats at the next general election.Read

King Edward VII statue set for £114k makeover

A STATUE of King Edward VII paid for by Birmingham Mail readers is set for a £114,000 restoration before being returned to the city centre after an absence of almost 60 years.Read

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Paul Dale has been writing about local government in the West Midlands for more than 20 years. The Post's public affairs editor, he is a previous political editor of the Coventry Evening Telegraph and Local Government Correspondent of the Oxford Mail.

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