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Paul Dale

Paul Dale

High speed rail link will help create 22,000 jobs in the West Midlands

A HIGH speed rail link between Birmingham and London will help create 22,000 jobs in the West Midlands, new research has predicted.Read

Ring of steel surrounds ICC for Tory conference

A MASSIVE security operation for the Conservative Party conference is underway in the centre of Birmingham.Read

Work to start on £13m green oasis in Birmingham city centre

The £13 million green oasis will transform an eight-acre site between the proposed high speed rail terminus in Curzon Street, Digbeth, and Millennium Point.Read

Highbury Hall campaigners threaten legal action against Birmingham City Council

CAMPAIGNERS battling to revamp the birthplace of Joseph Chamberlain are threatening legal action against Birmingham City Council.Read

BIRMINGHAM’S Big City Plan aims to deliver more than 65,000 square metres of new and improved public spaces over the next 20 years.

The document sets out a vision to make the city centre safer for cyclists and pedestrians by building 15 miles of cycle paths and walkways.Read

£300,000 spent by Birmingham social services boss on computer software search

After months of fruitless research they decided to stick with an existing IT programme – even though it cannot cope with more than 20,000 referrals each year.Read

Local Government Secretary steps in to bitter Solihull gypsy row

Gypsy families are appealing against Solihull Council’s refusal to grant planning permission for a site at Eves Green, Meriden.Read

Confusion for Birmingham tenants claims Labour city councillor

RADICAL changes to Birmingham’s neighbourhood offices are being steamrollered through – leaving tenants confused about how to get advice about council services, it has been claimed.Read

Birmingham is the new home of British athletics

BIRMINGHAM could bid to host the European Athletics Championships as soon as 2016, it has been revealed.Read

Cops say no to march bid past ICC

POLICE chiefs are refusing to yield to trade union demands to allow protesters to march past Birmingham’s International Convention Centre at the start of the Conservative Party conference this weekend.Read

Perry Barr to become the home of UK athletics

BIRMINGHAM’s Alexander Stadium is to become the new home of athletics in Britain following a £12.2 million makeover, according to city council bosses.Read

Birmingham's failing social services face takeover

Improvement targets are still not being fully met 18 months after ministers placed the crisis-torn department in special measures.Read

Mike Whitby climb down after selling Birmingham off to the Arabs comment

THE Tory leader of Birmingham City Council has been forced into an embarrassing climb-down after appearing to suggest that the National Exhibition Centre and other prized civic assets could be sold to wealthy Arab investors.Read

Giant advertising hoarding to cover Birmingham hotel work

THE half-built eyesore of Birmingham’s first five-star hotel could be disguised by a giant advertising hoarding for up to five years.Read

Birmingham culture advert backfired with judges, claim

AN ADVERTISING campaign on London’s tube promoting Birmingham’s bid to become UK City of Culture may have backfired with the competition’s judges, it has emerged.Read

£400 million set aside for equal pay claims

ALMOST £400 million has been set aside by Birmingham City Council to settle equal pay claims from women workers.Read

Floral spitfire helps Birmingham win major award

A SECOND World War Spitfire made out of flowers has helped Birmingham to win a major award.Read

Neighbourhood offices plan to go ahead

CITY leaders will press ahead with radical plans to slash Birmingham’s network of council neighbourhood offices.Read

Meriden villagers to take gypsy camp fight to Strasbourg

Thirty villagers from Meriden will board a coach next week and embark on a five-day trip to Strasbourg where they intend to lobby the European Parliament and the Court of Human Rights.Read

Birmingham City Council boss faces 'no confidence' claim

Councillors resorted to a football theme, claiming that the club chairman would be after his scalp if Mr Hughes was a Premier League manager.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.