Top Birmingham City Council Stories
Should councils be able to seize assets? (The Times, October 30, page 79) An opinion piece in which Mirza Ahmad, the council’s Corporate Director of Governance, argues the case for councils being allowed to use the Proceeds of Crime Act to search homes and seize assets.
Minister wants ‘straight answers’ over jobs fund (Birmingham Post, October 30, page 1) West Midlands minister Ian Austin has joined the call for answers into how Birmingham has spent its Working Neighbourhoods Fund money.
Edgbaston revamp faces judicial review (BBC Radio WM, October 30, Phil Upton Breakfast Show) Continued coverage of the campaign by residents living near Warwickshire County Cricket Club’s home to get planning permission for the proposed revamp overturned.
City homes chief raps MP over high-rise flats (Birmingham Post, October 30, page 12) Cllr John Lines has called on the Government to contribute more cash towards the refurbishment or demolition of Stoneycroft and Bayley Towers in Hodge Hill. The towers have previously been called an embarrassment to the city by local MP Liam Byrne.
Tough rules urged to halt tower block tragedies (Birmingham Post, October 30, page 14) Cllr John Lines has called for citizens to sign a Downing Street petition calling for tougher housing regulations, which he believes would help prevent tragedies such as the recent fire that killed six people in a tower block in London.
One in ten city schools in red (Birmingham Post, October 30, page 15) Coverage of schools finance figures that have been presented to scrutiny councillors. In total, 43 of the city’s 426 schools were shown to be in the red.
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