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When money is tight, we need to value time (0)
Coventry Airport growth plan fuels Midland aviation debate (0)
Mother and son guilty of ‘breathtaking political opportunism’ (4)
LGA Chairman seeks to answer ‘The English Question’ (0)
The squeezed middle – 80% of police officers are aged 31 to 50 (1)
‘It’s far too easy to sack the chief constable’, warns Commissioner Jones (1)
Minding the gap: is 2015 election victory slipping away from Labour? (0)
LEP in the dark (3)
Never knowingly undone (2)
Do you want to write for the Chamberlain News? (0)
Goodbye boring M42 Corridor: hello to racy UK Central (0)
Police face sat nav tracking to monitor stop and search requests (1)
‘Show us your money’, MPs tell George Osborne (0)
Airport posturing and the art of ignoring evidence (0)
Birmingham City Council’s disappearing act (1)
Wholesale reorganisation of Birmingham social services to save £75m (1)
9,000 Birmingham council houses to benefit from £58m refurbishment (0)
High speed rail row puts cities and shires on collision course (0)
Marketing Birmingham 2050 (2)
Full steam ahead for West Midlands rail grab (0)
Bore’s zero-based budget to ‘redefine role of local government’ (2)
Crime is on the increase: ‘don’t panic’, insists Police Commissioner (3)
‘Distinctly Birmingham’ brand is behind latest marketing strategy (1)
Neighbourhoods to set crime-fighting priorities, police commissioner promises (5)
Boris backs massive Birmingham Airport expansion plan (0)
You can sack me and the other police commissioners, Bob Jones tells ministers (2)
Deficit sparks fundamental review of council sports facilities (2)
Council to cash in by selling advertising space on ‘iconic’ Birmingham buildings (0)
Birmingham social services ‘unlikely’ to escape from Government special measures yet (1)
Tories turn election guns on Northfield, but Labour mustn’t be fooled into relaxing in Edgbaston (1)
UKIP’s County Progress: patchy but perceptible (0)
Birmingham grabs itself some positive publicity, shocker (0)
Will Government dare to hold 2014 European and local elections on same day? (1)
Are police commissioners all visibility and no substance, asks Birmingham academic (2)
MPs’ pay: they’re not in it for the money (0)
West Midlands Local Govt Pension Fund in £250m economic regeneration plan (0)
Mystery of the Birmingham MP, a councillor, fake email and ‘spurious’ rumours (0)
On top of Spaghetti (0)
Britain’s whiter than white police commissioners (0)
Sir David Nicholson announces plan to retire from NHS (0)
Duncan Smith slammed over Birmingham benefits ghetto ‘smear’ (6)
Council staff urged to do their bit in wheelie bin battle (4)
Mayor making ceremony postponed after Mike Leddy taken ill (2)
HS2 business case slammed by National Audit Office (0)
Stephen Hughes gives Boris a helping hand (1)
Unemployment rises again to make West Midlands second worst UK region (0)
The tectonic plates start to shift for Albert Bore (2)
National Indoor Arena makeover to go ahead, but £20m isn’t enough (0)
West Midlands Police at ‘grave risk’ from £250m grant cuts (0)
Sir Albert holds on to council leadership in far from convincing victory (4)
Birmingham soars up town hall rich list, but council claims wage figures ‘misleading’ (3)
Clancy ready for big day, but it’s odds-on another Bore victory (3)
Minimum Unit Pricing of alcohol: a very unfinished story (0)
Nigel’s only making plans for Nigel (1)
Sir Albert Bore to leave £52k hospital job (0)
Special Educational Needs Strategy undergoes fourth re-write (5)
New Street Station: Platform to the Stars (0)
Delivering growth: How!? (0)
Greater Birmingham LEP’s growth plan underpinned by ‘we will deliver’ pledge (1)
Wha’ppen next, Dave? a conversation with Dave Wakeling, the man who wrote Stand Down Margaret (0)
Clancy in pledge to slash £80m from council’s Capita paycheque (2)
101 Things Brum Gave The World. No. 26: Local Radio (0)
Another 2,000 West Midlands police jobs face the axe (2)
Why it may be time to scrap Birmingham council cabinet (14)
Government must back LEPs with five-year funding deals, say MPs (0)
Consultants agree to ‘work for free’ on key council schools project (7)
More rubbish: best thing about wheelie bins is the wheels, great-grandmother tells council (2)
The big parties’ council tax claims: correct, deceptive and useless (0)
Claim that bedroom tax will free-up housing market ‘wishful thinking’ (0)
Who should the Transport Secretary call to speak to the West Midlands? (3)
Lifting the lid on Birmingham’s rubbish collection opinion poll row (4)
Lady Thatcher….. the last post (5)
Clancy launches ‘Labour red meat’ campaign to oust Bore (10)
Want a metro mayor? Then, folks, you should have voted for a city mayor first (1)
Meeting Margaret – the many faces of Thatcher (2)
Thatcher – voices and views of the ‘secret people’ (0)
Albert Bore defies the Queen in Thatcher half-mast flag row (2)
Birmingham Council tells firms: accept social responsibility if you want our business (0)
Why the lady is for mourning (23)
Kate Cooper: Feeding the city, feeding the mind (0)
Sion Simon in battle to become West Midlands Labour MEP (1)
Anti-MMR jab parents run risk of social services investigation (1)
Could the age of Metro Mayors be upon us? (2)
Commissioner Jones’s critical friends turn out to be rather critical (3)
Cabinet split over council house ‘rewards’ scheme for workers (5)
Off Track? Osborne’s Infrastructure Plan is too little too late. (1)
We’ve done voucher deal with Asda, but it’s not exclusive says council (0)
Social progress: from cash loans to food stamps and Asda cards (0)
Workers could get leg-up Birmingham housing waiting list (0)
Dying of the cold: a very British disease (0)
Why David Urquhart is a man for our times (2)
Street names – Mid Devon fails Birmingham’s comma sense test (2)
Council to ‘red card’ homes unsuitable for wheelie bins (0)
Steelhouse Lane police station to close (0)
Sale of the century (but keep it under your hat) (3)
Birmingham arts organisations facing unprecedented financial crisis (2)
Justice for all? (1)
Traders consult lawyers over forced move of markets from Digbeth (0)
Government backs expansion of Birmingham Airport (1)
Central Library could have become Hotel Brutalist (0)
Police chief Bob Jones appoints three assistants – all Labour councillors (4)
What would Stalin have done about wheelie bins? (1)
Birmingham council bosses lack ‘courage’ to manage BME staff (3)
Tory point-scoring on the LEP is music to Clancy’s ears (0)
It’s not a press regulator, it’s a web regulator. (0)
Just whose hands are on the LEP and its Single Pot? (1)
Ten questions for GBSLEP, Heseltine and George Osborne (1)
The path to local growth – or a cul-de-sac? (0)
Mayday, Mayday….seconds out for Birmingham council leadership election (1)
GBSLEP hopes there’s a pot of gold at the end of Hezza’s rainbow (1)
Yes they’re right wing, but UKIP is not fascist (0)
Sir Albert bowls Edgbaston a fast one (3)
Birmingham wholesale markets to move out of Digbeth (0)
Whatever happened to ‘Operation Balsall Heath’? (0)
Birmingham seeks to close green agenda ‘credibility gap’ (1)
Improvement plan for at-risk Birmingham children still not on track (3)
Paul Braddon – what happened after Ladywood? (0)
‘We aren’t connecting with the electorate’: Michael Fabricant on the Tory election challenge (0)
Council to publish Birmingham ‘soup kitchen’ map (0)
A sick council, Michael Gove meets Steptoe and Son (3)
Tough Tory choices for a Sutton Coldfield by-election (0)
Andrew Mitchell lined up to be next European Commissioner (0)
Ten more jolly super council cash-cutting wheezes (1)
Wheelie bin inspectors to assess thousands of homes (0)
Birmingham’s £100m cuts budget passed amid noisy protests (4)
Birmingham loses coveted AAA credit rating (0)
Rookery House for sale as council pursues assets disposal (0)
Scrutiny ‘grilling’ was a bit of a Bore (0)
David Bailey: ‘My message to Sir Albert: Like George, you need a Plan B’ (9)
Regional bias? Perish forbid! How could anyone even think it? (0)
George Osborne: ‘I’m Backing Birmingham’ (1)
The bid to topple Sir Albert is gathering pace (5)
Labour Axe This Month’s Question Time (0)
Happy anniversary, you saucy Greens (1)
Sir Albert’s green waste charges set for last ditch protest (2)
Do not pass go, do not collect from community chest (1)
Labour heart-throb Umunna woos the Brum party faithful (0)
Sale of the century revving up for take off (0)
Prestatyn’s election farce and the busted petition process (1)
After Mid Staffs, Labour must be brave and take on the cult of the NHS (0)
Lone voices against Terror (0)
Victoria Square big screen may be moved to Eastside (3)
Lord Mayor to feel chill of austerity Birmingham (2)
We may get a black Pope: will we ever get a black Tory councillor? (0)
Why I will be chaining myself to Moseley Road baths this Thursday 14th February (0)
A long overdue counterblast to the Left’s thinking on Islamists (0)
I’ll defend my Harborne seat and stay as Tory leader, vows Mike Whitby (2)
Battle of Birmingham’s black holes set to run and run (0)
Francis – the NHS isn’t working (0)
Labour’s Wheelie Bin Poll Tax (2)
Free garden waste service axed as city digs in for ‘painful’ £102m cuts plan (3)
Tantalising Tory leadership contest: Alden and Alden, Bird, Rudge and Lines (2)
Council names the streets for Birmingham wheelie bin revolution (0)
Birmingham children’s social services slumps to a new low (3)
Council’s austerity black hole ‘heading towards £700m’ (1)
Planning and the Hare and Hounds (1)
Birmingham – second city’s OK, but not second most unequal (2)
The Hare and Hounds – the threat is BACK (0)
The Birmingham MP who persuaded President Lincoln to abolish slavery (0)
‘Serious errors’ made in calculating council redundancy payments (0)
Media Watch – Jan 25 (0)
Media watch – Jan 24 (0)
Birmingham’s next Lord Mayor to ‘abseil down BT Tower’ (2)
Wanted: film mogul to decide which meetings are hot and which are not (1)
Media Watch – Jan 23 (0)
Message to referendum demanders: Careful what you wish for! (0)
Birmingham lines up £15m fund to tackle youth unemployment (2)
EU renegotiation? Who are you kidding, Dave? By Nikki Sinclaire (1)
Media Watch – Jan 22 (0)
I have a dream (2)
Media Watch – Jan 21 (0)
Doubling overseas aid would be ‘good deal’ for taxpayer (2)
Revealed: the most expensive government services (0)
Police Commissioner defends anti-Conservative onslaught (3)
Media Watch – Jan 18 (0)
Media watch – January 17 (0)
Some more work for Capita (1)
Future Commission outlines how Birmingham’s BPS should secure the best and the brightest (0)
More local authorities look set to increase council tax – BBC News (0)
Towards cooperative councils (0)
Key election battleground gets £2m housing grant (0)
Media Watch – Jan 16 (0)
A Tale Of Two Questionnaires (0)
Mr Dale’s Diary: Amey sheds light on Birmingham’s heritage (0)
Never mind Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest and Black Sabbath. Where’s the New Rock right now? (0)
Media Watch – Jan 15 (0)
New Bristol mayor: My seven wishes for the New Year (0)
MPs’ bid to shunt HS2 maintenance depot out of Birmingham (1)
Media Watch – Jan 14 (0)
Nice work….if you can get it (4)
Jo Moore was right – councillors’ pensions finally are bad news (1)
Police Commissioner rejects council tax freeze offer (0)
Media Watch – Jan 11 (0)
Grumblings in the ranks put Sir Albert’s leadership on the line (6)
Media Watch – Jan 10 (0)
The jaws of doom get even wider (4)
Media Watch – Jan 9 (0)
Vortex of debt meets the jaws of doom (0)
The false economics of the health reforms (0)
Council re-hires redundant schools staff as consultants (2)
Waseem Zaffar gets the POTY! (4)
Media Watch – Jan 8 (0)
Birmingham school transport cuts ‘harsh’, says Labour councillor (1)
A tale of two West Midlands cities (0)
Media Watch – Jan 7 (0)
Disability hate crime – a job for the new PCCs? (0)
Media Watch – Jan 4 (0)
Heseltine calls for revival of Birmingham’s ‘buccaneer’ spirit (1)
The Top 10 posts of 2012 on The Chamberlain News (0)
Police Commissioner lets train take the strain (3)
Media Watch – Jan 3 (0)
Birmingham counts £18m cost of helping special needs pupils (6)
Isn’t it time that Birmingham became a full-fledged Metropolis? (5)
Media Watch – Jan 2 (0)
From apocalypse to zilch: 2013 the age of austerity (1)
Power and the city (0)
Sir, sir, it’s not fair! Birmingham’s funding crisis (0)
Everything you wanted to know about wheelie bins (but were afraid to ask) (0)
Media Watch – Dec 24 (0)
On the fast track to an early death (0)
Media Watch – Dec 21 (0)
Chamber POTY – Councillor Rob Pocock (1)
Birmingham demands crisis talks with Eric Pickles (0)
Vote for your Chamber POTY favourite (0)
The education of Ms Brigid Jones (4)
Chamber POTY – Sion Simon, nominated by Marc Reeves (1)
Chamber POTY: Tom Watson, nominated by Marc Reeves (0)
An open letter on the local government cuts (0)
Chamber POTY: Paul Kehoe, by Kevin Johnson (0)
Chamber POTY: Jack Dromey (sort of), by Kevin Johnson (0)
Exclusive: Andrew Mitchell ‘wants his old job back’ (0)
Media Watch – Dec 19 (0)
Chamber POTY: Andrew Mitchell, by Paul Dale (1)
Was Andrew Mitchell framed? (0)
Date set to broadcast Birmingham cabinet meetings to the world (0)
New finds discovered in Staffordshire Hoard field (0)
Chamber POTY: Sir Albert Bore by Paul Dale (2)
Chamber POTY: Mike Whitby, nominated by Paul Dale (1)
Chamber POTY: Michael Fabricant MP by Kevin Johnson (0)
Media Watch – December 18 (0)
Chamber POTY: Patrick Burns by Kevin Johnson (0)
Chamber POTY: Cllr Anita Ward nominated by Jilly Bermingham (0)
Chamber POTY: Cllr Waseem Zaffar, nominated by Waheed Saleem (2)
Chamber POTY: Sir Albert Bore, nominated by Martin Mullaney (2)
Media Watch – Dec 17 (0)
Chamber POTY: Andy Street, by Kevin Johnson (0)
Chamber POTY: Sutton Coldfield, by Paul Dale (5)
Chris Vaughan: Ban these unsightly for sale boards (0)
Media Watch – Dec 14 (0)
Introducing The Chamber POTY – who will be our Person of the Year? (0)
Birmingham planning department ‘war’ on conservations with overhaul of heritage watchdog group (0)
Service Birmingham chairman trashes his own company (2)
Birmingham City Council and Capita urged to seek ‘marriage guidance’ (0)
Media Watch – Dec 12 (0)
Angry Labour councillors block £9.5m plan to close children’s centres (1)
Media Watch – Dec 11 (0)
Birmingham Labour gets its facts wrong about food waste recycling schemes (0)
Deirdre Alden: Politicians with their heads in the sand (1)
Who’s left and who’s right? – our Brum politics Xmas quiz (1)
Labour To Privatise The Rubbish Service (1)
The Great West Coast Rail Fiasco – not the last act (0)
Time for the council to sort its little local difficulty with Service Birmingham (1)
Podcast: Into the jaws of doom (0)
The LEP is dreaming, I fear (0)
Birmingham in the jaws of doom (1)
Chancellor clobbers police with another cash cosh (0)
Birmingham museums chief quits after six months in post (0)
Mr Dale’s Diary: Promises, promises and how politicians failed to keep their word (0)
Who speaks for the British press? (0)
Disabled council workers face sack as ‘no redundancy’ pledge backfires (0)
Council releases ‘warts and all’ report on Service Birmingham (0)
Gove’s exam reforms are a dangerous step backwards (1)
The search for tomorrow’s black civic leaders (0)
A Tory-UKIP pact: inept politics, but don’t rubbish (all) the stats (0)
Seventy-five children from one special school chalk up £3 million legal bill (1)
Birmingham set to pioneer Heseltine growth plans (1)
Mosquito told: you’ll have to work full time for £65,000 a year (1)
Leveson could give the press a foundation of responsibility (0)
Roll up, roll up for the great probation services sell-off (0)
Peace breaks out on High Speed Rail front (0)
Get set for another rubbish city council debate (3)
Deputy Police Commissioner takes a pay cut…. but still gets £65k for part-time job (1)
‘Stop throwing cash at Surrey and give West Midlands police a fair deal’ (0)
Council lodges official complaint over I’m A Celebrity smoking scenes (1)
West Midlands Police ‘privatisation’ plans scrapped (0)
In defence of politics (0)
In defence of politics (0)
In defence of politics (0)
In defence of politics (0)
In defence of politics (0)
In Palestine, only the innocent suffer (0)
A little less conversation please (6)
Ian Ward becomes Mr Quite Harsh….and the strange case of the phantom font (1)
The General Synod vote on women bishops – no apathy here! (0)
Police Authority bows out and says: ‘We’ve all done very well’ (0)
Celebrating Independents’ Day (0)
Are Britons more comfortable with bureaucracy than democracy? (0)
Bob Jones: the reluctant police commissioner (0)
Bob Jones wins West Midlands Police Commissioner vote? (0)
The Rollercoaster of Doom – why are our bus services so poor? (2)
Why Birmingham must stop playing the blame game (1)
Are you one of us…? Multiculturalism’s a two-way process, you know (0)
The PCC elections – a triumph of the bland leading the ignorant (0)
Blame Whitby’s coalition for the council’s black hole, says Jilly Bermingham (5)
Welcome to Heartlands – a newcomer’s perspective by Will Jones (0)
Crisis, which crisis? (0)
Lloyd House could be sold ‘if the price is right’ (1)
Birmingham Council reveals ‘horrendous’ £757 million equal pay bombshell (3)
The caring profession – will NHS reforms turn out to be a botched operation? (1)
Bus-free Birmingham city centre gets High Court approval (3)
The PCC elections – I’ll definitely vote, but I do wish the choice was easier. (2)
Would you like to be a guest blogger for The Chamberlain News? (0)
Chuggers to get their marching orders (0)
No recession for m’learned friends (1)
What would Labour do with LEPs? (1)
Introducing Birmingham’s old boys and girls club (0)
A taxing solution to Heathrow overcrowding (0)
No stone unturned – Heseltine’s economic plan for the UK (0)
A new lease of life for City Regions (0)
Tarzan’s final roar echoes through the Tory jungle (0)
Bore summoned to London after Ofsted slams ‘inadequate’ Birmingham social services (0)
Why everyone needs good neighbours…. (0)
Businesses must sign ‘social responsibility charter’ to win contracts (1)
Equal pay decision plunges council into fresh financial crisis (1)
Birmingham City Council in £600 million budget crisis (1)
New cash crisis for West Midlands Police (2)
Birmingham in bold move to grab Sutton Coldfield green belt (0)
Looking for Growth – design and innovation led companies are outperforming all the way (0)
Final runners and riders for the police commissioner stakes (1)
Council tax benefits – did councillors miss or ignore that open goal? (3)
‘Inadequate’ Birmingham social services still failing children at risk (3)
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Martin Mullaney: Why political conferences are important to Birmingham (0)
Mr Dale’s diary: Builders eyeing green belt development, shock (0)
Podcast: The most boring council meeting ever (0)
Historic Digbeth markets ‘at risk of going out of business’ (0)
Phil Davis: Academies are Gove’s Maoist leap in the dark – and why I quit as a governor (0)
The Emperor’s New Clothes (1)
Council tax: Will Sir Albert trigger a referendum? (0)
‘I’ll make travelling on public transport safer’, pledges PCC candidate (0)
Birmingham to get off party conferences ‘treadmill’ (0)
Cameron struggles to ditch ‘toxic Tories’ image (1)
Birmingham’s battle for Silicon Valley status (0)
Podcast : The elephant not in the room (0)
Introducing Boris: the non-political politician (0)
Podcast: Bojo’s endorphins run amok in Birmingham (2)
House building crisis requires radical solutions (0)
Firm named to deliver £2.6 million energy-saving scheme (1)
Podcast: Planes, trains and scroungers (0)
‘We can’t afford not to have HS2′ (0)
Birmingham Airport boss doesn’t rule out sale by council shareholders (0)
With a little help from a few of my friends (0)
From lost generation to regeneration: our Labour Conference fringe (0)
West Coast Main Line contest to be re-run after “unacceptable” franchise process mistakes (0)
So why are the West Midlands Police’s detection rates so poor? (0)
Should Birmingham have a food security strategy? (4)
Council saves civic treasure (0)
Labour confirms backing for High Speed Rail, challenges Government to speed up project (0)
Police and the poverty of ambition (1)
Lack of leadership underpins this week’s Clegg, Mitchell and PCC fiascos (1)
Key lessons from the Liberal Democrat conference (0)
Mike Rumble: I’ll end cuts and outsourcing if elected PCC (0)
Steve Dyson: Message to The Sun over Andrew Mitchell: ‘On yer bike’ (2)
Give contracts to local firms, PCC candidates urged (1)
Yet another city council crackdown on absnteeism (2)
Mitchell ‘plebs’ row rages on despite apology (0)
Labour’s early fireworks party (3)
Welcome, UKIP – the future’s bright, but do clear out those defeated councillors (0)
Andrew Mitchell is ‘only human’ says Tory PCC candidate (0)
Bishop Webley enters police commissioner race (0)
Lights, camera…..inaction (1)
Labour Councillor’s head secretly installed on John F Kennedy (0)
Taking it on the Chinn (3)
Garages probed over MOT ‘backhanders’ claims (0)
Sixty premium tenants sought for former Pallasades (0)
NO ‘REGIONAL’ AIRPORTS – Express.co.uk (0)
Move Parliament to Birmingham during repairs, says MP Michael Fabricant (0)
MPs back calls for LEPs to be better funded (0)
Strawberry-tasting Chief Exec gets top civil service post (0)
Preparing for an avalanche of hate (2)
Standing up for ‘forgotten’ victims of crime (0)
Salma Yaqoob quits Respect Party (0)
Welfare reforms may cause ‘social meltdown’ (1)
Watchdog launches surprise children’s social services probe (0)
Labour’s first 100 days (1)
Help St Basil’s win £250,000! (0)
Will Maria sing the same local TV song as Hunt? (0)
Birth of the devolution monster (2)
Let’s make the Midlands fly, Cameron told (0)
Cameron’s ‘reverse ferret’ on Heathrow just might be a great opportunity for Birmingham (0)
Reshuffling Birmingham (0)
Fifty shades of Sir Albert (1)
Stephen Hughes ‘off sick’ until end of September (0)
Cameron to hear the case for Birmingham (0)
Broad Street manager Mike Olley’s ‘faked’ car sale to be shown on BBC – The Birmingham Post (0)
Olympic-size swimming pool for Birmingham at last (0)
Serco pins growth hopes on new police contracts (0)
It’s an oath, but not as we know it (0)
Braced for a council tax bombshell (1)
Tories to stick with Matt Bennett for top police job (1)
Foreign investment flooding back into the West Midlands (0)
The PCC elections – and where the 18.5% turnout figure came from (1)
Seize the day Brummies, if you really are the Second City (1)
Police debate hardly an arresting sight (3)
The death of a national trust. The birth of an urban sitopia? (1)
Constitution unreformed (0)
Like it or not, PCCs are here to stay (0)
Three simple steps to help Brum keep the Olympic flame alive (0)
West Midlands Tories launch investigation into PCC selection process (0)
There’s no right to live in Chelsea (0)
Move along now, nothing to see here (0)
Police commissioners: how a flagship policy could embarrass ministers (0)
Here’s what we voted down – the smack of decisive mayoral leadership (0)
Council should not waste green opportunity (0)
Rail network loses its virginity (1)
Police commissioners – another tumbleweed polling day looms (0)
Special Report: West Coast Mainline – The changes in detail (0)
LEP-speak and what money can’t buy for Birmingham (1)
Authorities slammed over baby’s tragic death (0)
Birmingham’s devolution – farce or tragedy? (0)
Inquiry to probe Birmingham’s youth unemployment crisis (0)
Why we’re getting LEPs ‘on the cheap’ (1)
Good Evans, a control-freak inquiry looms (0)
Wheelie bins will boost recycling, claims ‘green’ cabinet member (0)
Wheelie bins to cost city council £61 million (0)
Birmingham Labour’s secret and insane wheelie bin bid to Government (0)
Far-right group the English Defence League to put forward candidate for Police Commissioner (0)
Birmingham City Centre Enterprise Zone explained (0)
Business confidence has dipped, report says (0)
Former detective bids to become police commissioner (1)
Revolting times for Sutton and Yardley (2)
Schools won’t be forced down academies route (3)
Community Support Officers ‘have hands tied’ claim (1)
Firms asked to name priorities for new police chief (0)
MP Aidan Burley stands by criticism of ‘leftist crap’ Olympic ceremony (0)
Ministers consider further planning reform (0)
Birmingham’s Smart City Commission members named (0)
How big are the cuts so far? (0)
City names the date for Paradise Circus redevelopment (0)
Top jobs at risk in city council reorganisation (0)
Birmingham’s devolution revolution (2)
Labour gears up for the Bristol mayoral election (0)
The Commissar and the Kremlin (0)
Birmingham Green Commission members named (0)
A very British coup…. (0)
Tory team for PCC roles revealed (1)
Son of poll tax to hit Birmingham (1)
Facebook’s Only Option To Boost Voter Turnout Is Completely Unethical (0)
Bore and Whitby dig in for the long haul (0)
Tories make Police Commissioner vote an official secret (5)
Council budget ‘black hole’ £21.3 million, and growing (0)
There’s a doctor in the house (1)
Aviation tax a disincentive to global trade says Chamber (0)
City Deals: give and take? (0)
Consultants paid £500,000 to investigate West Midlands police culture (0)
Mini investment a major boost to Hams Hall (0)
The Sunday review:How democratic is the UK? The 2012 audit by Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Andrew Blick and Stephen Crone for Democratic Audit (0)
Why isn’t the City Council a better tax collector? (0)
Ministers fear ‘embarrassing flop’ in election for police chiefs (0)
Labour heavyweights launch ideas campaign to end party infighting (0)
City Deal or no deal? (0)
Local Audit Bill to create robust new regime and help save taxpayer £650 million (0)
Now the City Deals are done, four key questions on what happens next (0)
Birmingham gets new £25m medical centre – but airport link is on hold – The Birmingham Post (0)
David Hardman – Birmingham must create diversified economic impetus (1)
Joe Peacock – Time to begin Birmingham’s great transition (1)
HS2: Waterman backs high speed London to Midlands rail – BBC News (0)
Commission on the Future of Local Government (0)
Tories on the attack, but own goals flood in (3)
Houses in green belt ‘can’t be ruled out’ (0)
It’s a fair cop! (0)
Next steps to improve the planning system and support sustainable development (0)
Rounding up the usual suspects (1)
What’s luck got to do with it? Why some cities are more successful than others (0)
Restoring the Economy (0)
The converging train tracks of local government’s financial crisis (0)
Sphinxes returned to Soho House in Handsworth after 200 years – Birmingham Mail (0)
Revealed: the GMB backtracks on Progress (0)
Green city boast set to haunt former coalition (2)
New rules to ensure greater town hall transparency (0)
Community Right to Challenge comes into force (0)
Birmingham LEP vows to create ‘fully-functional economic geography’ (0)
Centro given £33m to help tackle congestion and boost economy (0)
Tory duo in battle for Police Commissioner job (0)
Two-jobs Sir Albert in double trouble (0)
Councils ‘face £16.5b shortfall’ by 2020 (0)
Wanted: Investor with £80m to spare in Aston (0)
Apathy rules in Police Commissioner contest (0)
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Lowest-paid council workers to get immediate pay rise (0)
Birmingham Central Library ‘will be demolished’ (0)
How can the latest Thick of It episodes compete with reality? (0)
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Mike Whitby takes the furniture from Birmingham council leader’s office (0)
Bore: Financial probe will uncover ‘£20 million’ cash crisis (0)
Top Birmingham city councillors to get 179% pay rise (3)
RT @magapanthus: “@GiselaStuart: #chistinelagarde – “let them eat cakes” – might want to think about apologising to greek children” Spot on, inappropriate (0)
Mike Whitby looks ahead at the prospect of opposition – The Birmingham Post (0)
Shropshire Star cuts editions from five to two (0)
Brum Mail journalist named ‘Spaghetti Junction’ (0)
Protests over Birmingham City Council Labour group’s lack of diversity – Birmingham Mail (0)
Local newspapers’ crisis: how a hyperlocal website made politics readable (0)
Tom Watson says NoW watched him at 2009 Lab Conf (0)
Whitby names his shadow cabinet team (0)
Labour says: trust the people (even Tories and Lib Dems) (1)
Black Country LEP loses vice-chair as Wouhra steps down (0)
Albert Bore: an undaunted radical, or scheming Machiavelli? (4)
Sport and culture to “take centre stage” under Labour (3)
Lasan chief feasts on top award at BYPY (0)
Verdict on Labour’s return – Interesting Cabinet, pity about Scrutiny (1)
BCU has big plans for Eastside (0)
None of the above (0)
Labour announces Birmingham council scrutiny team (2)
Cars trade surplus first since 1976 – The Press Association (0)
Liam Byrne sacked from Labour policy review post (0)
Tory Minister, Labour Mayor: we fight together for Liverpool (0)
Birmingham Labour announces new Cabinet team (1)
The Conservative Position In Edgbaston Constituency (0)
Labour in Chamberlain News ‘leaks’ probe (4)
Inner – Outer City Split in Birmingham Mayor Vote (0)
Mayoral referendum – ward breakdown (0)
Seeking the new Chamberlain (0)
Same old faces, same old problems (7)
Another voice: The book no newspaper editor will want you to read (0)
The Regional Growth Fund omnishambles (0)
Rupert Murdoch and the revival of the Labour Party (0)
Inspiring political discourse of the week (1)
After the mayoral adventure, where now for Brum? (0)
Gisela Stuart: Power must be handed to regions – The Birmingham Post (0)
Who’s in charge of Arts and Culture? (0)
All hail these elections’ local heroes (2)
Birmingham MP Liam Byrne facing sack in Shadow Cabinet reshuffle (0)
Breaking news: David Grove honoured at West Midlands Business Masters (0)
Mayor argument continues despite poll defeat as interest grows in metro mayor idea (0)
Sir Albert’s top team: who’s in, and who’s out? (4)
Labour orders inquiry into council’s Capita-led IT firm (2)
So what next? A Manifesto for Bristol of course! (0)
The wise manager supports the mayor (0)
Birmingham Tories ‘odds-on’ to re-elect Mike Whitby as leader (0)
Telford lobbies Government over HMRC office requirements (0)
Mayoral Referendum – John Hemming’s take (0)
The debate on cities has only just begun (1)
LEP pushes Nick Clegg for city deal – The Birmingham Post (0)
City mayor ‘was right move’ – This is Leicestershire (0)
Two years is a long time in politics – by Jon Bounds (1)
City’s new Labour bosses facing 16% pay cut (1)
Mike Whitby fights to remain Birmingham Tory leader (0)
Is HS2 heading for the buffers? (2)
What ‘no’ means – and what’s next under Sir Albert (0)
Mayors: Why did Cameron’s project fail? (5)
Birmingham rejects mayor by a decisive majority (1)
The people have spoken, but national factors swung it for Albert (0)
Is it all over for the mayoral campaigners? (0)
Triumphant Labour trashes Birmingham’s Tory-Lib Dem coalition (0)
Labour on course for decisive victory in Birmingham (1)
Birmingham’s best opportunity for greatness in 100 years (1)
Sir Albert Bore confronts the powers that be (1)
Say no to the status quo (2)
Chamberlain the despot (0)
Elected mayors – it’s all about the city vision, stupid (0)
Mirza Ahmad: ‘I can run Brum as a part-time mayor’ (2)
Birmingham’s appointment with history (4)
Bigger than Boris (0)
Labour rebellion prompts re-write of leadership rules (4)
Vote Labour for a £686 pay rise, Bore tells council workers (1)
If Ministers want us to vote for mayors, why make it so hard? (0)
Sion Simon offers mayoral olive branch to sceptical union leaders (1)
How not to shortlist for Police and Crime Commissioner candidates. (0)
Government unpopularity may mean ‘tsunami-like’ council election defeat for Tories and Lib Dems (0)
Byrne talks strategy while Simon gets back to basics with buses as Labour’s mayoral tussle hots up (3)
Politics ‘too important to be left to politicians’, warns Warwick Commission mayoral study (3)
Labour shortlists two for West Midlands Police Commissioner role, as Mike Olley misses out (8)
Birmingham planners may face legal challenge after backing Sainsbury’s superstore scheme (0)
Round-up of the morning news (0)
Elected mayors – some facts to flavour the fantasy (3)
Legal chief urged to investigate claim that Mike Whitby ‘self-promotion’ website breaks council rules (1)
Labour’s back-room mayoral fixers a ‘cynical kick in the teeth’ for democracy in Birmingham (6)
Mayoral events – take your pick (0)
Guardian leads the Fleet St pack on mayors (0)
Mike Whitby launches the me-me-me for mayor website (0)
Will a Mayor have the chutzpah as well the clout to make a difference? (0)
Why the London media is struggling to catch up with mayors (3)
Byrne-Bore joint Birmingham mayor bid is dream ticket for some, nightmare scenario for others (6)
Salma Yaqoob says Respect may run candidate for mayor of Birmingham (1)
The dangers of an elected mayor for Birmingham – guest post by Martin Mullaney (12)
Labour promises to get tough on crime, again, as local elections manifesto launched in Birmingham (0)
Byrne’s Brum bid: what the papers say (1)
Sion Simon camp ‘unfazed’ by Byrne mayoral bid (2)
Byrne’s bid moves mayoral race up a notch (0)
Cameron boosts chances of Birmingham getting a mayor – but has he handed an opportunity to Liam Byrne? (0)
Lib Dem Peer and former city leader is mayoral convert (0)
Tory and Lib Dem manifesto no-show helps to make the case for elected mayor of Birmingham (13)
Mike Whitby photobombs No10′s mayoral launch – and PM promises a cabinet of the mayors (3)
Don’t elect a pig-in-a-poke – Guest post by Cllr Michael Wilkes (1)
Labour pledges baccalaureate exams to produce “Birmingham’s entrepreneurs of tomorrow”. (1)
Hopes rise for Birmingham Wholesale Markets rescue plan (0)
Council leaders take 10 per cent pay cut in ‘we feel your pain’ gesture to austerity Birmingham (3)
Questions for Clark could make this mayoral debate a corker (1)
Mike Whitby prepares for mayor campaign with new mantra: ‘Britain’s best bet is Birmingham’ (0)
VIDEO: Gisela states the case for an elected mayor – “By the people, for the people” (1)
Mirza makes bold mayoral move, while Liam Byrne’s silence raises more questions (2)
City Council salaries revealed: 63 chiefs share £3m, while hundreds on little more than minimum wage (0)
The early referendum polls, and what to make of them (0)
Boundary review: Lib Dems lead the charge to keep Birmingham Brummie. Guest post by Chris Game (3)
Brum mayor: Labour names the date (5)
Round up of the morning news (0)
Jobs and prosperity pledge for Birmingham, but Labour’s mayoral rivalries won’t go away (0)
Asking staff about their health ‘may infringe workers’ human rights’, council admits (0)
VIDEO: Digby weighs in for a Brummie mayor (3)
Birmingham anti-mayor campaign ‘fighting yesterday’s battles with yesterday’s weapons’ (2)
What can a mayor do for Birmingham? An academic writes… (1)
Electoral Commission asked to rule on poster that compares mayors to Hitler (3)
Time to slay the sacred cow of economic growth – guest post by Joe Peacock (0)
Does Liverpool’s City Deal shed light on mayoral powers? – Guest post by Chris Game (0)
Why tackling ‘chronic’ unemployment legacy must be top priority for Birmingham mayor (0)
‘I’ll create jobs, improve schools and make buses run on time’, says mayoral hopeful Sion Simon (3)
Labour votes for £2.3m Tory-Lib Dem Birmingham library cuts in rare display of cross-party unity (3)
End of the phony mayoral war? Gloves come off as Gisela questions Sion’s tactics (6)
Mike Olley: Police commissioner poster boy? (2)
Birmingham – A Global City? Lies, damned lies, and how to avoid a Beta Minus – Guest post by Chris Game (1)
VIDEO Elected mayor at 24 – how a graduate went from homelessness to civic leadership (0)
Labour shifts gear as Birmingham Council leader’s £100m cuts plan heard in ‘stunned silence’ (2)
‘Money’s all gone’ Minister Liam Byrne said to be pondering Birmingham mayor bid (3)
Events Dear Boy: The Chamberlain News’ political diary (0)
Round-up of recent elected mayoral news and comment (0)
Localism in Birmingham: bureaucratic nightmare, or a dream come true for council officers? (1)
Government too ‘vague’ over mayor powers, warns Warwick Commission chairman (0)
Birmingham on Thames: Canapes aplenty, but clarity in short supply from the Leader (0)
Chamber leads the charge on elected mayors (0)
City leader sets out Birmingham’s global ambitions over House of Commons wine and canapes (0)
Michael Gove gets his way as more Birmingham schools drop council to become academies (0)
Guest post by Chris Game: Be careful with local voters – they can be tricky devils (0)
Mirza Ahmad guest post: I’ll put Birmingham first if I’m elected mayor (3)
Birmingham City Council workforce cut by a quarter, as record budget squeeze bites (0)
Mike Whitby turns full circle to run for Tory elected mayor of Birmingham (1)
Guest post by Dr Mirza Ahmad: Current mayoral candidates represent Birmingham’s past (7)
Top bosses’ pay: what’s an elected mayor worth to you? (0)
Mayor candidate promises ‘value for money’ probe into council’s £1 billion Capita contract (0)
Plummeting Labour membership numbers could make ‘lottery’ of Birmingham mayoral selection (9)
John Lines launches homeless shelter plan as Lord Mayor row continues (0)
Birmingham Airport’s long-awaited runway extension finally set to fly (0)
City set to axe planning restrictions in bid for jobs and growth drive (0)
Eastside planning row could provide big pay day for lawyers (2)
Liverpool ‘to shun referendum and elect a mayor in May’ (0)
Council counts cost of ‘blot on landscape’ advertising row (0)
Former Birmingham City Council legal boss not ruling out ‘Mayor Mirza’ campaign (0)
Birmingham Chamber gets behind mayor, but council still in la-la land (0)
So that’s a “no” then, is it Digby? (0)
Elected mayors: The Chamberlain News Poll (0)
An elephant in the room: The future is mass unemployment (0)
The 4,000 Labour Party members who will choose Brum’s first elected mayor (4)
Birmingham City Council sacrifices profits to stop jobs going to India (0)
Elected mayors: Could Liverpool jump the gun? (0)
Bob, Digby and Mike: time, gentlemen, please (1)
Business groups to back mayor as Government announces ‘Super Thursday’ election date (1)
City council finance officers are shown the door (1)
Ed Balls boosts Simon’s mayoral bid (2)
Opposition to elected mayors from the Left (1)
Police commissioners: Crick tips runners and riders in the West Midlands (3)
Elected mayor needs to control the purse strings – guest post by Councillor Phil Parkin (0)
So near yet so far for ‘Lord Mayor John Lines’ (3)
Courts play ping pong with Birmingham council’s ‘ticking timebomb’ (1)
Birmingham Mayor must be ‘first among equals’ in West Midlands, says Labour (1)
Sion Simon: “What I want when I am mayor” (4)
Top political journalist Paul Dale becomes Chamberlain File’s lead blogger (1)
A job description for Birmingham’s first elected mayor: Guest post by Sir Bernard Zissman (2)
Why Birmingham needs an elected mayor in its story – guest post by Gisela Stuart (1)
Warwick Commission on Elected Mayors and City Leadership launches today (0)
One year in, LEPs start eyeing more powers (0)
VIEWPOINT: Why social services will dominate the mayoral agenda, eventually (0)
Consultation may fox anti-mayor campaigners – but businesses need to engage (0)
Cross-party veterans line up to oppose elected mayor for Birmingham (0)
Mayor update: Bore and Simon talk policy as Autumn election prospects grow (7)
One to watch: Greg Clark (0)
LEP watch: time to pick up the pace (0)
Tighter timetable would focus mayoral minds (1)
Mayoral momentum returns, but it’s still a Tory no-show (0)
Birmingham mayoral delegation to see Eric Pickles: what it wants (0)
Guest post by Steve Dyson: Who’s got the balls to discuss dog shit? (3)
Leicester mayor faces allegations from ousted chief executive (0)
Show me the money (0)
Who will pick a mayoral pay fight with Pickles? (0)
The Leicester test case: what does an elected city mayor do? (0)
Presentation Chinese to Chinese Propagandists (0)
Are Metro mayors a distraction too far? (0)
Labour has two Brum mayor hopefuls, but where are the Tories? (0)
Guest post: To Mayor or not to Mayor; that is the question. By Sir Bernard Zissman (0)
A question of scale: a challenge for the Black Country LEP (0)
Leicester’s new elected mayor flexes his political muscle (0)
Home of Fiat inspires Simon’s mayoral bid for Brum (2)
Could your local council run prisons and cop shops? (0)
Labour’s Flint hedges on elected mayors (0)
Is Digby’s ‘second city’ grumble a mayoral gambit? (0)
Centre for Cities: Should shadow mayors be left out in the dark? (0)
Mark Borkowski and Matt Golding why the AV campaign was a damp squib (0)
Out of Proportion (0)
Prisk defends LEP programme (0)
Mayors: Regional government by the back door? (0)
Localism: work in progress, but room to lead and shape (0)
Council leaders lukewarm on mayors, to say the least (0)
Localism agenda ‘half finished’ without more funding – think tank (0)

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