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| MPs given final vote on whether to have inflation busting rises Jun 23 2008 MPs will be able to vote on whether or not to award themselves inflation-busting pay rises on July 3, it has been confirmed. more |
| Councillors get wage rise in line with staff Jun 23 2008 City councillors in Birmingham are likely to take a lower than expected pay rise for the second year running. more |
| Nearly one in ten teenagers have dropped out as ’Neets’ Jun 23 2008 Critics said ministers had failed to cut the number of so-called Neets – teenagers “not in education, employment or training” – since Labour came to power. more |
| Ladywood not divided by race or religion – candidate Jun 23 2008 Shabana Mahmood, the candidate controversially selected to contest Ladywood for Labour, has insisted her party and constituency are not divided by race or religion. more |
| Eco towns are a ‘back of the envelope’ idea Jun 23 2008 Planned eco-towns creating thousands of new homes in the West Midlands have been slammed as a “back-of-the-envelope idea”. more |
| Councillors suspension over YouTube video is upheld May 23 2008 A BIRMINGHAM councillor has failed in his bid to overturn a suspension for his part in a controversial YouTube video. more |
| Randal Brew's year as Lord Mayor is one to remember May 20 2008 FROM the Prince of Darkness to the Prince of Wales it's been quite a year for Lord Mayor Randal Brew who will today hand over his robes and chains of office. more |
| Toff row MP insists Gordon Brown is backing him May 20 2008 THE Birmingham MP responsible for branding a Tory by-election candidate a "toff" today insisted he has the backing of the Prime Minister. more |
| Councillors reject Long Marston eco-town plan May 13 2008 LOCAL politicians have unanimously rejected Prime Minister Gordon Brown's plans for a new 6,000-home town to be built by a sleepy Warwickshire village. more |
| House of Commons inquiry to visit local businesses May 13 2008 A HOUSE of Commons inquiry is to visit Birmingham today to hear at first hand about the challenges facing local businesses. more |
| Sir Albert Bore tells Labour to get its act together May 5 2008 LABOUR must be far more effective at getting its message across to voters if it is to avoid another humiliating trouncing at the next local authority elections in 2010, Birmingham City Council opposition leader Sir Albert Bore admitted last night. more |
| Voters say no to the BNP May 5 2008 A BIRMINGHAM parish council is celebrating after stopping three BNP candidates from getting into power. more |
| Tories 'desperate' to clear the streets Apr 29 2008 NEWSPAPERS, plastic bottles, glass and tin cans left by Sutton Coldfield residents for recycling during last week's strike have been sent to landfill site in a bid to clear the backlog. more |
| Anger as Councillor has bins collected despite strike Apr 28 2008 NEIGHBOURS of Birmingham bin boss, Coun Len Gregory, are kicking up a stink after his rubbish was shifted during the council strike - and their bags sat rotting. more |
| Birmingham's clean guru hangs up his broom Mar 31 2008 BIRMINGHAM'S Mr Clean is hanging up his broom and recycling after 34 years with the City Council. more |
| Council cashing in on car sharing lane Mar 26 2008 BIRMINGHAM City Council is raking in thousands of pounds from the city's controversial car share experiment, it emerged today. more |
| MP calls for regeneration to be shared around Mar 21 2008 CITY suburbs are being left behind by investors who are ploughing money into the centre of Birmingham, an MP fears. more |
| Council leader toasts £17bn of new projects in Birmingham Mar 11 2008 BIRMINGHAM Council leader Mike Whitby today said the city was rocketing up the Premiership of European locations with £17 billion worth of construction projects on the horizon. more |
| Tories aim to upstage Labour in Birmingham Feb 28 2008 TORY leader David Cameron is heading to Birmingham tomorrow in a bid to steal Prime Minister Gordon Brown's thunder. more |
| Row over poor families Feb 15 2008 NEARLY half of all children in a Birmingham constituency are living in homes where their parents depend on benefits. more |
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