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		<title>Birmingham&#8217;s end of local government white paper: &#8216;Don&#8217;t panic Mr Mainwairing, we&#8217;re all doomed&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veterans of Sir Albert Bore’s arduous Green Paper Campaign will be all too familiar with the doom-laden rhetoric adopted by the leader of Birmingham City Council. A small band of]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Albert Bore cancels Armageddon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:45:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A white paper containing Birmingham city council  budget proposals for 2014-15 will map out a £119 million cost cutting plan but stop short of closing down entire town hall services.]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham’s sharing the pain, but from outside the tent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Game]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there were an online dating agency for councils, would Birmingham join? My guess is no. The rationalisation would be the subscription fee, which would obviously be attacked by the]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham City Council Chief Exec calls for greater financial freedom</title>
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		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/birmingham-city-council-chief-exec-calls-for-greater-financial-freedom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2013 10:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A radical plan to make local government funding fairer is being promoted by Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes. Mr Hughes wants to scrap revenue support grant – worth]]></description>
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		<title>Bore calls in the auditors (sort of)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2013 06:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin Mulvihill]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Sir Albert Bore published an open letter describing the latest and even gloomier budget outlook for the country&#8217;s largest council. At first glance it might appear Bore is simply]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Absentee landlords&#8221; are a recipe for economic failure</title>
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		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/absentee-landlords-are-a-recipe-for-economic-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:12:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Karen Leach]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To me, the emperors-new-clothes issue around delivering local powers and progress as we approach the 2015 elections &#8211; ignored by politicians of all localism-embracing colours &#8211; is that of the]]></description>
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		<title>Free garden waste service axed as city digs in for &#8216;painful&#8217; £102m cuts plan</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/free-garden-waste-service-axed-as-city-digs-in-for-painful-102m-cuts-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charges for garden waste collection and an end to free refuse sacks were the two surprise elements of an otherwise widely rehearsed £102 million Birmingham City Council cuts package. City]]></description>
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		<title>Elected mayors &#8211; it&#8217;s all about the city vision, stupid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Marc Reeves]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; It seems any argument between supporters and opponents of elected mayors sooner or later reaches an impasse when each side declares their preferred model of local governance is ‘more]]></description>
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