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The elected Mayor's debate - petition form

THE Birmingham Mail is campaigning for a referendum giving Birmingham people the chance to decide whether they want an elected mayor. Read

Step closer to vote on elected mayor

THE prospect of an elected mayor for Birmingham moved a step closer today after new plans to cut the size of a petition needed to force a referendum by 60 per cent. Read

Mayor campaign: Thousands support but not enough

A CAMPAIGN to allow the people of Birmingham to decide whether or not the city is run by an elected mayor has failed to raise enough interest, it was revealed today. Read

Birmingham 'needs a strong leader'- Cabinet Minister Hazel Blears

GREAT cities such as Birmingham need "visible and accountable leadership", the Secretary of State for Local Government has warned. Read

Last chance to have your say

CAMPAIGNERS will take to the city centre streets this Saturday in a last push to secure a referendum for the people of Birmingham on how the city is run. With the deadline to hand in the petition on elected mayors approaching, Neil Elkes takes a look back at the campaign. Read

Poll campaigners take to the streets

CAMPAIGNERS battling for a referendum on elected mayors are taking to the city centre streets next weekend as the petition nears it anniversary deadline. Read

Nick Clegg: Brummies should decide over elected Mayor

THE people of Birmingham should be the ones to decide whether the city has an elected mayor, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg said today. Read

Probe into fears Birmingham Council is blocking mayor campaign

MINISTERS have launched an inquiry into fears that Birmingham Council is trying to undermine the campaign for a referendum on whether the city needs an elected mayor. Read

Political analyst Chris Game of Birmingham University.

Give us the right to vote on how we are governed

CHRIS Game, a political analyst from the University of Birmingham, gives his perspective on the Birmingham Mail's campaign for a referendum on an elected mayor. Read

The petition for an elected Mayor for Birmingham.

Six months in and the fight continues for Mayor petition

THOUSANDS of readers have now backed the Birmingham Mail's petition calling for a referendum on an elected mayor in the city. Read

Your chance to sign up at the big derby

DERBY day football fans will be urged to sign up for their right to decide how Birmingham is run on Sunday. Read

Top Tory backing poll call

MICHAEL Heseltine has backed the Birmingham Mail's campaign to let the people of the city choose on whether they get an elected mayor. Read

Thousands sign up on day of action

CAMPAIGNERS for an elected mayor referendum added more than 2,000 signatures to their petition at last month's day of action. Read

Whitehall date for Mail editor

THE campaign for an elected mayor referendum in Birmingham is being taken to the corridors of Westminster next month. Read

People go with Mail campaign

A BBC street poll from The Politics Show revealed overwhelming support for the Birmingham Mail's campaign for a referendum on an elected mayor. Read

Mayor debate going head to head

BIRMINGHAM Mail editor Steve Dyson will go toe to toe with MP John Hemming in a live TV debate on the campaign for an elected mayor referendum. Read

Action stations in mayor poll battle

HUNDREDS of Brummies backed the campaign for a people's poll on an elected mayor by signing petitions in a city-wide day of action. Read

TV focuses on mayor battle

CAMPAIGNERS across Birmingham are gearing up for tomorrow's Day of Action to demand a referendum on the issue of an elected mayor. Read

Petitioning the case for email

HOW come, I was asked recently, there are more people wanting Gordon Brown to make Jeremy Clarkson Prime Minister than there are Birmingham residents wanting a say in their city's form of local government? Read