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Paul Dale

Paul Dale

Birmingham City University's £120m campus back on track

BIRMINGHAM City University’s £120 million campus in Digbeth is back on track – after it looked like it had reached the end of the line to make way for high-speed rail.Read

City hit by huge legal bill

BIRMINGHAM City Council could be hit with a £200,000 legal bill after losing two high court challenges over spending cuts.Read

Lee Longlands could turn into 20-storey student block

LAND occupied by one of Birmingham’s best-known furniture stores could be transformed into a 20-storey student accommodation tower block.Read

Sparkhill Baths to be demolished and rebuilt

ONE of Birmingham’s last surviving 1930s swimming baths is to be demolished and replaced by a modern pool and fitness centre.Read

Plans to charges for parking on city centre streets on Sundays and overnight put on hold

PLANS to clobber motorists by making them pay to park on Birmingham city centre streets at night and on Sundays have been put on hold.Read

Labour and Liberal Democrats to remain the best of enemies in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM’S top Liberal Democrat has ruled out joining forces with Labour to run the city council – claiming a deal would be like Winston Churchill making friends with Adolf Hitler after the Second World War.Read

Birmingham Airport set to tender for runway extension project

BIRMINGHAM Airport has agreed to go out to tender for its runway extension and is confident the £65 million project will be completed by the end of 2014.Read

Birmingham MP John Hemming to launch inquiry which could expose footballers and celebrities

Mr Hemming said he would investigate growth in the number of injunctions granted to rich and powerful people, preventing newspapers and even MPs from naming them or discussing their activities.Read

Red-faced Labour bins Tory pig-jibe leaflets

HUNDREDS of election leaflets at the centre of a “Fat Tory” row have been destroyed – on the orders of a Birmingham Labour Party official.Read

Birmingham city councillor accused of living too far away from ward

Conservatives accused Labour’s Mick Finnegan of having “contempt” for local people and claimed that he will find it impossible to represent his ward properly.Read

Birmingham City Council faces £100,000 legal bill for taking funding from 13 voluntary groups

BIRMINGHAM City Council is facing a £100,000 legal bill after being rapped by a High Court judge for taking funding from 13 voluntary groups.Read

More than 750 jobs to go from children's social services department

MORE than 750 jobs are to be axed at Birmingham City Council’s failing children’s social services department.Read

MORE than 750 jobs are to be axed at Birmingham City Council’s failing children’s social services department.

The huge cull will see about 20 per cent of existing posts abolished over the next year.Read

Tycoons accused of plotting to get high speed rail line axed

SUPER-rich business tycoons living in the Home Counties have been accused of plotting to get the proposed Birmingham to London high speed rail line axed.Read

Birmingham gaming centre gets the green light

A GAMING centre with one-arm bandits offering a £500 top prize is to open in Birmingham city centre – complete with a cash machine so punters can withdraw more money when they run out.Read

Birmingham pensioner in her 80s celebrates £60,000 in unclaimed benefits

The money was handed over by the Government after it emerged the woman failed to claim the state pension she was entitled to after her husband died ten years ago.Read

Birmingham City Council slammed over mountain of red tape

VOLUNTARY groups wishing to help out Birmingham social services by looking after elderly people have been told they must wade through a 145-page application form if they want to apply for city council grants.Read

Birmingham's 120 city councillors are facing a pay freeze for the second year running

BIRMINGHAM’S 120 city councillors are facing a pay freeze for the second year running.Read

Property developers are up in arms after being denied an opportunity to convert two historic Handsworth Wood buildings

PROPERTY developers are furious after being denied an opportunity to convert two historic buildings owned by Birmingham City Council into flats.Read

Concerns over wether UK Athletics will move headquarters to Alexander Stadium

CONCERNS have been raised over whether UK Athletics is going to move its headquarters to Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.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.