Top Birmingham City Council Stories
Mike Whitby calls for partnerships to make Big City Plan work for Birmingham (Birmingham Post, Birmingham Mail, BBC, Property Week.com, Building Design) Innovative ways of raising funding for economic regeneration will help create 50,000 new jobs and expand the central core of Birmingham by a quarter, city council leader Mike Whitby has forecast.
In-house experts lined up to handle £330m Birmingham City Council cuts (Birmingham Post) An elite team of experts to advise on ways of handling £330 million of budget cuts could be set up by Birmingham City Council.
Gravestones used as parking spaces in Jewellery Quarter (Birmingham Post) Gravestones at an historic Birmingham church will continue to be used as car parking spaces – because there is no money to move them.
Council accused of avoiding obligations (Birmingham Post) Birmingham City Council housing employees have demanded backdated allowance payments related to changes brought about by the Single Status Agreement.
Children’s services overhaul will be ‘extremely controversial’ (Birmingham Post) The Conservative councillor appointed to turn around Birmingham’s under-performing services for vulnerable children is preparing the ground for a series of highly controversial decisions designed to deliver a complete restructuring of the social care department.
Battle over Chamberlain home could end in court (Birmingham Post) Campaigner fighting to restore Highbury Hall are threatening legal action against Birmingham City Council for dereliction of duty.
More free schools on the agenda for city (Birmingham Post) A further six ‘free schools’ could be set up in Birmingham, according to the city’s head of children’s services.
False start for city’s athletics centre plan (Birmingham Post) A city council claim that Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium is to become Britain’s new national centre for athletics backfired when the announcement turned out to be premature.
In pictures: Conservation of Staffordshire Hoard ahead of Louvre trip (BBC Online)
Digital Birmingham selected as part of NESTA project (TheDrum) Birmingham City Council is one of four local authorities which have been selected to work alongside digital media developers in a bid to create web-based services to benefit their local communities.
Regional Headlines
Further delays over man on Birmingham bridge
Commuters in Birmingham faced morning rush hour delays 15 hours after police were called to a report of a man standing on railings on a bridge. http://birminghamnewsroom.com/?p=13096
Missing Solihull woman in labour by road in Blackpool
A heavily pregnant woman from the West Midlands who went missing almost two weeks ago was found going into labour by the side of a road in Blackpool.
Willenhall woman admits posing as dentist
A woman who posed as a dentist has admitted carrying out work on hospital patients despite not being qualified.
National Headlines
Ten charged over online theft from banks
Ten people have been charged by police investigating the theft of money from online bank accounts.
Lloyds tops bank complaints list
A new list of banks facing the highest number of complaints from UK customers is topped by Lloyds Banking Group.
Harriet Harman to close ‘historic’ Labour conference
Labour’s deputy leader Harriet Harman will bring the party conference to a close when she delivers the final address to delegates.
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