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Dawn goes Down Under

  • 11th July 2019
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Cllr Ian Ward, Cllr Robert Alden, Councils, DCLG, Featured, John Crabtree, Kerslake Review, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended
It might appear that Birmingham city council changes its chief executives more regularly than its bins. News that Dawn Baxendale is leaving the local authority after little more than a

Vote2018: polling day manifesto summary

  • 3rd May 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Andy Street, Birmingham City council, Cllr Ian Ward, Cllr Robert Alden, Councils, Featured, Labour Party (UK), Local Elections, Opinion, Partner Posts
With the polls open, you’ll have already scoured each of the manifestos to determine where to place your vote in elections for Birmingham city council, writes Kevin Johnson.  After all,

Improvement Panel and Council to join forces

  • 8th March 2018
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham, Birmingham City council, birmingham independent improvement panel, Cllr Ian Ward, Cllr Robert Alden, Councils, Featured, John Crabtree, Kerslake Review, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended
Birmingham City Council and the Birmingham Independent Improvement Panel are today publishing a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government which informs Mr Javid

Bins dispute over, arguments far from finished

  • 27th November 2017
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Cllr Ian Ward, Cllr John Clancy, Cllr Robert Alden, Councils, Featured, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended
Birmingham’s bins dispute is finally over, but the arguments are far from finished, reports Kevin Johnson.  An agreement was reached after Birmingham City Council’s cabinet agreed a deal on Friday,

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

Cross-party statement ahead of tomorrow’s English Defence League demonstration

  • 7th April 2017
  • geoffc
  • Cllr John Clancy, Cllr Robert Alden, News, Partner Posts
Cross-party statement telling the EDL they are not welcome in Birmingham and urging people to go about their normal business.

Conservatives would restore pride and ambition to council – Alden

  • 28th February 2017
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Cllr John Clancy, Cllr Robert Alden, Councils, Featured, Kerslake Review, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended
The Conservative group will present an alternative budget to today’s full council meeting representing, it says, over £650M worth of changes to the Council, to “restore pride and ambition” to

After Rogers: social outbursts, but is there a plan?

  • 21st February 2017
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Cllr John Clancy, Cllr Robert Alden, Councils, Featured, Kerslake Review, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended
It seems fitting, given the outgoing Chief Executive’s heavy use of social media, that Twitter and Facebook are full of an outpouring of emotions regarding Mark Rogers’ departure. Much of

Council finances: museum magic or budget black holes?

  • 14th February 2017
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham, Birmingham City council, Cllr John Clancy, Cllr Robert Alden, Councils, Featured, Kerslake Review, News, Partner Posts, Popular, Recommended
Today’s Birmingham city council cabinet meeting will consider the draft financial plan for 2017 before it goes for full city council approval in two weeks, with claims the Labour administration

Birmingham’s political dividing line: austerity anger v financial incompetence

  • 7th December 2016
  • Kevin Johnson
  • Birmingham City council, birmingham independent improvement panel, Cllr John Clancy, Cllr Robert Alden, Councils, Featured, Kerslake Review, Opinion, Partner Posts
If you are a fan of passionate parliamentary debates, then yesterday’s debate on a vote of no confidence in the leadership of Birmingham City Council is actually worth a watch.
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