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Birmingham social services ‘lost’ disabled girl for four years, inquiry finds
Birmingham children’s services is at the centre of fresh criticism after an inquiry found that a young girl with severe special needs was “lost in the system” for more than via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1nGmT9W
read moreBloggers win famous victory as Birmingham city council backs down over restrictions on filming meetings
Journalists, bloggers, the public – indeed, anyone who simply fancies chilling out at a meeting of Birmingham city council – will be able to film and record proceedings with no via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1j7b4YB
read more‘We can’t delude ourselves’ over failing children’s social services, Sir Albert Bore warns
The leader of Birmingham Council has warned that he and his colleagues “must not delude ourselves” about the scale of the challenge they are facing to transform the city’s failing children’s via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1d0bwFe
read moreHow HS2 changed from the Birmingham Express to the Saviour of the North, and lost a Channel Tunnel link along the way
Time tends to drag somewhat when the UK discusses transport projects, since this is a country with a reputation for taking ages to deliver even relatively minor infrastructure schemes. But via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1j5kJdG
read moreBishop of Birmingham heads national campaign to fight poverty
Birmingham is at the head of a new local government campaign to fight social inequality. Fourteen English local authorities have signed the Birmingham Declaration on Social Inclusion, promising to share via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1fVkt2e
read more£36m privatisation of Birmingham swimming pools ‘wont cost us a penny’, vows city council leader
Subsidies paid from the public purse to keep Birmingham swimming pools and sports centres going were so large that the city council will be able to hand over six new via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1eLjzRE
read moreNorth of England must feel HS2 benefits sooner, says high speed rail boss
Construction of the HS2 high speed railway should be speeded up to bring economic benefits more quickly to the north of England, the man in charge of the project suggested via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1fQnAIG
read moreConference to mark centenary of Joseph Chamberlain’s death
To mark an end to Devolution Week on the Files, we are happy to announce RJF Public Affairs is supporting Newman University’s special conference to mark the centenary of Joseph via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1oU0jWR
read moreLocal government’s devolution problem: powers without money
Great minds think alike, the possibly Confucian proverb insists. While those bright RJF guys were planning their Devolution Week, some equally bright guys at the Council of Europe (CoE) in via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1oTI6so
read moreOur 1,000th post: Greater Birmingham needs a Super PAC
For all our readers counting, this is The Chamberlain Files’ 1000th post. To celebrate our contributor and RJF Research Assistant Benjamin Mulvihill calls the city to arms and for the via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1gePyJj
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