Birmingham City council

Interim CEO contract extended as more emails emerge

• 7th September 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Cllr John Clancy, Councils, Featured, Kerslake Review, Lord Kerslake, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

As the crisis as the Council House continues, Chamberlain Files has seen further exchanges between the leader and Interim Chief Executive revealing the extent of their disagreement and understands that

REACTION to leaked bin dispute emails

• 5th September 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Cllr John Clancy, Councils, Featured, News, Partner Posts

Earlier today, Chamberlain Files revealed an email exchange between Birmingham city council’s Interim Chief Executive and the leader, John Clancy. As anticipated, it has generated much reaction among politicians and the

Clancy’s Unite agreement: ‘endangers the Council’s budget’

• 5th September 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Birmingham, Birmingham City council, birmingham independent improvement panel, Cllr Ian Ward, Cllr John Clancy, Cllr Lisa Trickett, Councils, Featured, Kerslake Review, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

John Clancy, Labour leader of Birmingham city council, yesterday survived a potentially fateful day as he faced his Cabinet and then the full Labour Group. But an email exchange between

Clancy ‘misled the people of Birmingham’ and faces calls to resign

• 3rd September 2017
• Kevin Johnson
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John Clancy, leader of Birmingham city council, has been accused of misleading the people of Birmingham and could face efforts to be ousted from office this week, writes Kevin Johnson. The

Agreement was reached to maintain Grade 3 roles

• 2nd September 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Cllr John Clancy, Councils, Featured, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

An agreement WAS reached between Birmingham city council and Unite the union on 15 August, according to Acas. It says the terms of the agreement were made public at the request

Leadership hangs in balance, Improvement Panel still running

• 2nd September 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Birmingham, Birmingham City council, birmingham independent improvement panel, Cllr John Clancy, Councils, Featured, Kerslake Review, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

A day of torrid headlines for Birmingham city council followed its decision to issue redundancy notices to Grade 3 Leading Hands in waste management services, writes Kevin Johnson.  Yesterday’s national

Trashy Tale: Leader and the Leading Hands

• 31st August 2017
• Kevin Johnson
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Birmingham city council has this evening announced that it is issuing redundancy notices to Grade 3 “Leading Hands” members of staff, but none of them would have to leave the employ

Council: what’s ‘bin’ going on?

• 29th August 2017
• Kevin Johnson
• Birmingham, Birmingham City council, birmingham independent improvement panel, Cllr Lisa Trickett, Cllr Robert Alden, Councils, Featured, jacqui kennedy, Kerslake Review, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

Has the industrial dispute between Birmingham city council and Unite the union been resolved? Or is the ‘deal’ agreed between Council leader, John Clancy, Unite and conciliation service Acas dead on

Did you have your say on Birmingham’s health reforms?

• 24th August 2017
• Editorial
• Birmingham City council, Featured, healthcare, NHS, Opinion, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended

You might not know this but the people of Birmingham have just missed the chance to give a view on one of the biggest changes to the way health services

Seven ways we coped with the bin strike

• 23rd August 2017
• Hannah Green
• Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Councils, Featured, News, Partner Posts, Popular

They think it’s all over… it is now, sort of, for the Birmingham bin strike. There’s ‘bin one headline spewn across the entire city since June. Hannah Green sifts the social media