https://thechamberlainfiles.com/whos-left-and-whos-right-our-birmingham-politics-xmas-quiz/5661 Politics, LEPs and economic development in the West Midlands Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:39:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/whos-left-and-whos-right-our-birmingham-politics-xmas-quiz/5661#comment-3541 Cllr Fergus Robinson Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:08:18 +0000 https://thechamberlainfiles.com/?p=5661#comment-3541 "The Whitby boom helped to push up council borrowing to £2.8 billion by March 31 this year largely as a result of an extensive council house modernisation programme. " Which was, of course, as a result of the then Labour government not supporting the modernisation programme (Decent Homes) in Birmingham because the tenants had refused to be transferred to non-council control. One might almost argue that this was punishment for voting the wrong way. “The Whitby boom helped to push up council borrowing to £2.8 billion by March 31 this year largely as a result of an extensive council house modernisation programme. ” Which was, of course, as a result of the then Labour government not supporting the modernisation programme (Decent Homes) in Birmingham because the tenants had refused to be transferred to non-council control. One might almost argue that this was punishment for voting the wrong way.

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