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		<title>Lord Whitby&#8217;s Downton Abbey moment: &#8216;I&#8217;ll stay on as Tory leader and articulate for Birmingham&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2013 14:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Whitby has succeeded in facing down his critics and will remain leader of the Birmingham city council Conservative group until next May. Whitby, who was awarded a peerage earlier]]></description>
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		<title>Sale of the century (but keep it under your hat)</title>
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		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/sale-of-the-century-but-keep-it-under-your-hat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aston Science Park]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[equal pay]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council will be forced into conducting the biggest ever sell off of its huge property and land portfolio in order to meet huge equal pay compensation bill. The]]></description>
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		<title>Improvement plan for at-risk Birmingham children still not on track</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/improvement-plan-for-at-risk-birmingham-children-still-not-on-track/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/improvement-plan-for-at-risk-birmingham-children-still-not-on-track/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham children's services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ofsted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peter Duxbury]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham social services is failing to meet almost two-thirds of performance targets for looking after vulnerable children despite working under a Government improvement plan for four years. Only 15 out]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham&#8217;s £100m cuts budget passed amid noisy protests</title>
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		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/birminghams-100m-cuts-budget-passed-amid-noisy-protests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albert Bore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Coventry University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Bailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Heseltine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Noisy protests from the public gallery and a brief adjournment to evict protesters could not prevent Birmingham City Council from approving a budget that will deliver £100 million cuts to]]></description>
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		<title>Scrutiny &#8216;grilling&#8217; was a bit of a Bore</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/scrutiny-grilling-was-a-bit-of-a-bore/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/scrutiny-grilling-was-a-bit-of-a-bore/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 10:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albert Bore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birminghamcitycouncil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carl Rice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jon Hunt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone curious to know how Sir Albert Bore has managed to remain leader of Birmingham Labour councillors for 14 years, even though he has been in power for less than]]></description>
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		<title>The bid to topple Sir Albert is gathering pace</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-bid-to-topple-sir-albert-is-gathering-pace/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/the-bid-to-topple-sir-albert-is-gathering-pace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albert Bore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cllr John Clancy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ian Ward]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is inevitable that Sir Albert Bore and Ian Ward will be challenged for the leadership and deputy leadership of Birmingham City Council at the annual Labour group meeting in May.]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Albert&#8217;s green waste charges set for last ditch protest</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/sir-alberts-green-waste-charges-set-for-last-ditch-protest/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/sir-alberts-green-waste-charges-set-for-last-ditch-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cllr Ian Ward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recycling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sir Albert Bore is facing an 11th hour challenge over his plan to impose a £35 annual charge on households using Birmingham city council’s garden and green waste refuse collection]]></description>
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		<title>Sale of the century revving up for take off</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/sale-of-the-century-revving-up-for-take-off/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/sale-of-the-century-revving-up-for-take-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albert Bore]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[birminghamcitycouncil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Pickles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Exhibition Centre]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham council leader Sir Albert Bore may be forced to mount a controversial sale of the local authority’s vast portfolio of commercial property and other assets in order to avoid cutting front-line public services.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll defend my Harborne seat and stay as Tory leader, vows Mike Whitby</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/ill-defend-my-harborne-seat-and-stay-as-tory-leader-vows-mike-whitby/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/ill-defend-my-harborne-seat-and-stay-as-tory-leader-vows-mike-whitby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Whitby has no intention of quitting as the leader of Birmingham City Council&#8217;s Tory group and intends to contest his Harborne seat at the 2014 civic elections. Moving to]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of Birmingham&#8217;s black holes set to run and run</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/battle-of-birminghams-black-holes-set-to-run-and-run/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/battle-of-birminghams-black-holes-set-to-run-and-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albert Bore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birminghamcitycouncil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health and Wellbeing Board]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even before taking over as Labour leader of Birmingham City Council in May last year Sir Albert Bore made much of what he termed a “black hole” in the 2012-13]]></description>
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