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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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		<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>Lord Whitby sends his apologies, but insists: &#8216;I&#8217;ll stay on as Tory leader&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Whitby has insisted he will remain leader of the Birmingham city council Conservative group even though he is now a full-time working peer committed to attending the House of]]></description>
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		<title>Lord Whitby&#8217;s long goodbye is bad news for Bobby Alden&#8217;s Tory leadership hopes</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Nov 2013 09:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’ll hardly be a dry eye in the house when Lord Mike Whitby tells the Birmingham council Conservative group that he won’t be defending his Harborne seat at the 2014]]></description>
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		<title>Never say never in politics: It&#8217;s Lord Whitby of Harborne</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Whitby has finally got what he wanted all along. Fifteen months after his eight-year stint as leader of Birmingham City Council ended he is to be ennobled with a]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Distinctly Birmingham&#8217; brand is behind latest marketing strategy</title>
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		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/distinctly-birmingham-brand-is-behind-latest-marketing-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:22:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How best to sell Birmingham as a place to do business, invest in, study and visit has featured prominently on city council agendas for upwards of two decades. Thousands, if]]></description>
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		<title>What would Stalin have done about wheelie bins?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the subject of words you never thought to hear in the same sentence, how about Stalin and wheelie bins? Mike Whitby, leader of Birmingham’s Conservative councillors, managed to liken]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham loses coveted AAA credit rating</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council has lost its coveted AAA rating of credit worthiness. Financial analysts Moody’s decided to downgrade the local authority in line with its latest ranking for the United]]></description>
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		<title>Victoria Square big screen may be moved to Eastside</title>
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		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/victoria-square-big-screen-may-be-moved-to-eastside/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 10:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Dale]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham’s ‘big screen’ could be moved to Eastside as city council officials ponder what to do about the embarrassment of a facility that cost £1 million but sits switched off and unloved]]></description>
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		<title>We may get a black Pope: will we ever get a black Tory councillor?</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/we-may-get-a-black-pope-will-we-ever-get-a-black-tory-councillor/</link>
		<comments>https://thechamberlainfiles.com/we-may-get-a-black-pope-will-we-ever-get-a-black-tory-councillor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is probably a coincidence that Mike Whitby announced his intention to remain leader of the dwindling band of Birmingham Tory councillors just a few hours after the Pope said he]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ll defend my Harborne seat and stay as Tory leader, vows Mike Whitby</title>
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		<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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