Birmingham Mail - In depth - Public sector cuts and strikes

LIVE: Birmingham strike coverage updates

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:30:00 GMT

TENS of thousands of workers will be on strike today (Wednesday) in protest over government plans to shake up their pensions

Birmingham Tory in call to ban firemen strike

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM’S Tory fire authority chief has called on the Government to outlaw strike action by angry firemen because there is no longer any back-up from the army.

Birmingham City Council plans to launch lottery to help fund services

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:00:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM could get its own version of the National Lottery to help the city council escape from its financial woes.

Birmingham City Council scraps bonfire at Pype Hayes fireworks celebration

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 10:00:00 GMT

BIRMINGHAM’S last remaining official celebration of Guy Fawkes Night could be a damp squib – cost cutters have axed the bonfire.

Midlands head teachers face strike ballot

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:46:00 GMT

MIDLAND head teachers will be balloted over strike action next week as a bitter row over public sector pensions continues.

Birmingham City Council downplays the impact of strike action

Birmingham Mail — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:30:00 GMT

PUBLIC services in Birmingham were relatively unaffected by the strike action, the city council claimed.

Birmingham City Council staff strike over job cuts and wage-reduction contracts

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:49:00 GMT

Unison members downed tools for a day to target yesterday’s climax of the Liberal Democrat conference at the International Convention Centre.

West Midlands Police counter-terrorism unit hires private contractors to cover for cuts in staffing

Birmingham Mail — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 16:54:00 GMT

CASH-strapped West Midlands Police is secretly having to hire private security staff to bolster its stretched counter-terrorism unit.

Legal Aid cuts will affect thousands in Birmingham, warns Law Society

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 09:02:00 GMT

THOUSANDS of people in Birmingham will lose their chance to fight for justice due to the Government’s planned cuts to legal aid funding, lawyers have warned.

West Midlands Police under pressure to reverse police cuts

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 09:45:00 GMT

MPs PRAISED West Midlands Police for defending communities in the face of riots and looting – and urged David Cameron to reverse police funding cuts.

Pain for nearly 200 charities as Birmingham City Council cuts funding

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:01:00 GMT

They include projects funded by a Government scheme called the Working Neighbourhoods Fund, which has been scrapped. Other cuts have simply been imposed by the city council.

Police cuts monopolise a visit by Home Secretary Theresa May to the Midlands

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:57:00 GMT

HOME Secretary Theresa May came under fire as plans for 2,000 police job cuts monopolised a visit to the city.

11,000 Birmingham City Council workers facing pay cuts or the sack

Birmingham Mail — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 09:59:00 GMT

MORE than 11,000 Birmingham City Council workers will be forced to accept controversial new contracts – involving wage cuts of up to £6,000 a year – or face losing their jobs.

Firefighters' union warns of job cuts in West Midlands

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:00:00 GMT

SAVAGE cuts will be made to the fire service with as many as one in ten firefighters losing their jobs, a union has warned.

Birmingham City Council: Social care funding cuts still on the agenda

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:57:00 GMT

MOVES to save £53 million by axing social services care packages for thousands of vulnerable adults have not been ditched, even though a judge decided that Birmingham City Council leaders behaved unlawfully when approving the controversial cuts package.

Birmingham trade union leader warns of more strikes

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:01:00 GMT

DAY care centres, libraries, neighbourhood offices and leisure centres were among council buildings closed as staff walked out in a dispute over cuts in shift allowances.

More than 5,000 march through Birmingham against public sector pension plans

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 07:00:00 GMT

MORE than 5,000 placard-waving protesters travelled to the heart of Birmingham for a mass rally over pensions and public sector cuts.

Video: Public sector workers strike in Birmingham

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:58:00 GMT

Video: Public sector workers strike in Birmingham

In Pictures: On the picket lines with Birmingham school teachers

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:53:00 GMT

In Pictures: On the picket lines with Birmingham school teachers

Picture gallery: Birmingham city centre protest against public sector pension changes

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Picture gallery: Birmingham city centre protest against public sector pension changes