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Birmingham City Council municipal bank plan scrapped

PLANS by Birmingham City Council to open its own £500 million municipal bank have been scrapped.Read

PLANS by Birmingham City Council to open its own £500 million municipal bank have been scrapped.

Council bosses have realised the scheme would be too costly and too difficult to set up.Read

PLANS by Birmingham City Council to open its own £500 million municipal bank have been scrapped.

Council bosses have realised the scheme would be too costly and too difficult to set up.Read

Council plan crackdown on graffiti artists

A CRACKDOWN on graffiti artists, who are said to cause £1 million of damage in Birmingham each year is being planned by city leaders.Read

Concerns a memorial to Bangladeshi martyrs could stir up racial hatred

MOVES to build a Birmingham memorial to martyrs killed in Bangladesh 57 years ago could stir up racial hatred, it has been claimed.Read

Concerns a memorial to Bangladeshi martyrs could stir up racial hatred

MOVES to build a Birmingham memorial to martyrs killed in Bangladesh 57 years ago could stir up racial hatred, it has been claimed.Read

Land price crash scuppers care homes plan

FALLING land values have scuppered Birmingham City Council’s ambitious plan to build six more modern care centres for elderly people.Read

Council-run meals-on-wheels service to disappear by 2012

THE council-run meals-on-wheels services for elderly people in Birmingham looks set to disappear by 2012.Read

Land price crash scuppers care homes plan

FALLING land values have scuppered Birmingham City Council’s ambitious plan to build six more modern care centres for elderly people.Read

Land price crash scuppers care homes plan

FALLING land values have scuppered Birmingham City Council’s ambitious plan to build six more modern care centres for elderly people.Read

City council leader Mike Whitby denies he intends to quit

BIRMINGHAM City Council leader Mike Whitby has scotched persistent rumours that he intends to quit the top job next year.Read

Birmingham council leader's job 'safe' until 2014

BIRMINGHAM City Council leader Mike Whitby has been handed a gold-plated guarantee of remaining in office until 2014.Read

Birmingham council leader job 'safe' until 2014

BIRMINGHAM City Council leader Mike Whitby has been handed a gold-plated guarantee of remaining in office until 2014.Read

MP Liam Byrne leads Bromford Estate tower blocks demolition protest

A MIDLAND MP is stepping up his campaign to force Birmingham City Ccouncil to keep a promise to demolish two crime-ridden tower blocks. Liam Byrne will today lead a residents’ protest outside Bayley and Stoneycroft Towers on the Bromford Estate. Read

Birmingham City Council told to improve child services

LEADERS of Birmingham City Council have been told to “pull your socks up” by a government minister.Read

MP Liam Byrne leads Bromford Estate tower blocks demolition protest

A BIRMINGHAM MP is stepping up his campaign to force the city council to keep a promise to demolish two crime-ridden tower blocks.Read

Row over Birmingham City Council’s ‘Stalinist’ policy

BIRMINGHAM City Council leaders were accused of running a “Stalinist command economy”, where orders are passed down from on high with little chance that they can ever be put into practice.Read

Sparkbrook councillor arrested during aid convoy mission to Gaza

A BIRMINGHAM city councillor spoke today of his “terrifying ordeal” after being detained by armed police in North Africa.Read

Sparkbrook councillor arrested during aid convoy mission to Gaza

A BIRMINGHAM city councillor spoke today of his “terrifying ordeal” after being detained by armed police in North Africa.Read

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