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		<title>Lord Whitby tells London how to get on with the Chinese &#8211; Lords maiden speech in full</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2013 17:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Birmingham city council leader Mike Whitby has delivered his maiden speech in the House of Lords, enlightening peers about the “sophisticated” campaign he led to bring Chinese investment to]]></description>
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		<title>How you could save the local library by joining Sir Albert&#8217;s army of citizen volunteers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ‘citizens’ army’ of volunteers will be recruited to run a range of Birmingham city council services threatened with closure by the unprecedented public sector spending squeeze. The council says]]></description>
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		<title>Tory MPs propose major changes to HS2 station in Birmingham</title>
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		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/tory-mps-propose-major-changes-to-hs2-station-in-birmingham/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 11:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The planning of HS2 is too important to be left solely to the railway industry and work carried out so far risks choosing the wrong route, according to a report]]></description>
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		<title>Business leader&#8217;s plea to make Birmingham a talent magnet and defeat &#8216;ugly city-horrid accent&#8217; myth</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/business-leaders-plea-to-make-birmingham-a-talent-magnet-and-defeat-ugly-city-horrid-accent-myth/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/business-leaders-plea-to-make-birmingham-a-talent-magnet-and-defeat-ugly-city-horrid-accent-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 2013 08:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Millennium Point]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Phil Riley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham must do more to erase an unfair reputation that it is an “ugly city full of poorly educated people with horrible accents and nothing to offer”, a leading business]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>From Broad Street to Curzon Street</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/from-broad-street-to-curzon-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Olley]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honorary Alderman Mike Olley &#8216;intuitively&#8217; supports HS2 &#8211; but he argues we need, and must, ask the tough questions about the project. Intuitively I think I support HS2.  How wonderful]]></description>
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		<title>Long term infrastructure planning is the key</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/long-term-infrastructure-planning-is-the-key/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/long-term-infrastructure-planning-is-the-key/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2013 06:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Harrison]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben Harrison, Director of Partnerships at Centre for Cities, contends we need to put aside the immediate distractions and begin to look at the part HS2 plays in the long]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke and mirrors: the regional impact of HS2</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/smoke-and-mirrors-the-regional-impact-of-hs2/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/smoke-and-mirrors-the-regional-impact-of-hs2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Geddes]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honorary Professor Mike Geddes attacks the &#8216;desperation&#8217; of a government that relies on &#8216;trashed evidence&#8217;  to prop up the collapsing case for HS2. Debate about the regional impact of HS2 has]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>Standing room only &#8211; HS2 is the only way to meet soaring demand</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/standing-room-only-hs2-is-the-only-way-to-meet-soaring-demand/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/standing-room-only-hs2-is-the-only-way-to-meet-soaring-demand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Geoff Inskip]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Association of Train Operating Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Geoff Inskip]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Director General of Centro Geoff Inskip hammers home the case for more capacity: HS2 is the only option to meet the huge growth of rail users. With a growing population]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>HS2 is a classic case of cold feet</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/hs2-is-a-classic-case-of-cold-feet/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/hs2-is-a-classic-case-of-cold-feet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 06:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Adonis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article was first published in the New Statesman and has been re-produced here with the kind permission of Lord Adonis, transport secretary in the last Labour government. Lord Adonis argues the]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s all about capacity, capacity, capacity</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/its-all-about-capacity-capacity-capacity/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/its-all-about-capacity-capacity-capacity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2013 12:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jerry Blackett]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jerry Blackett, Chief Executive of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group, explains why HS2 was never about time or speed &#8211; without it we&#8217;ll be overwhelmed. In hindsight the whole campaign]]></description>
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