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Birmingham businesses warn council congestion charge vision will damage city centre economy
On the day that West Midlands’ council leaders showcased a £2 billion package of rail, tram and rapid transit schemes at MIPIM, a Birmingham survey demonstrated continuing public resistance to forcing private via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1oP0XVv
read moreCost of council’s Capita contract already cut by £20m, with further savings to come
A pledge by Birmingham City Council to reduce the cost of its IT contracts with outsourcing firm Capita is being pursued so rigorously that a £20 million cuts target has via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1g9r5VE
read moreAlways a day away | Devolution Week II
In the second part of a special feature for the Chamberlain Files, Paul Dale turns to the Labour Party to see what key figures are saying about localism. He is via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/O17fGj
read moreDevolution Week
Chief Blogger Paul Dale has been pouring through speeches and pamphlets to see what the parties and think tanks are saying about devolution as we approach next year’s general election. via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1cPPo0u
read moreGreater Birmingham: United we stand, divided we fall
In his third voyage, Gulliver encounters the floating island of ‘Laputa’. The island hovers above the lower island of ‘Balnibarbi’, where it uses its considerable technological advances to dominate the via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/Oks6UW
read moreCombined Authority Two to Three Years Away, says Black Country Leader
In the week when “Greater Birmingham” is the talk of “Fleet Street” and even The Promenade de la Croisette in Cannes, a Black Country council leader has said a Combined via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1lRZq3I
read moreMinister’s green belt protection pledge throws 6,000-homes Sutton Coldfield plan into doubt
An attempt by Birmingham City Council to approve up to 6,000 new homes in the Sutton Coldfield countryside is in doubt after the Government restated its opposition to green belt development via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/Pkap8Y
read moreGreater Birmingham: has it’s time come?
Whisper it softly, but Birmingham has been on the end of some favourable publicity lately. Media attention, when it manages to peer warily out from London, tends to focus on via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1ncf2AS
read moreCity Region back on the agenda as Birmingham pushes ‘new model city government’
The prospect of a powerful city region level of government administering economic development, transport, skills and housing across the West Midlands has been raised by Birmingham city council leader Sir via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1g38n6B
read moreGBSLEP asks Government for £561m to kickstart Greater Birmingham economy
Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP has set out its plans for jobs and growth by asking the Government for £561 million from the Local Growth Fund over the next five years. via The Chamberlain Files http://ift.tt/1f0I1SL
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