Tag: DCLG
New app for public notices launched
Anyone with an interest in browsing public notices can now access some of those issued by Birmingham City Council as part of a new smartphone app trial. Birmingham Notiz, developed in partnership with Trinity Mirror Group (parent publisher of titles including the Birmingham Mail), gives users the opportunity to examine a limited range of planning […]
Birmingham improvement panel named
The squad of experts being sent in to help Birmingham City Council improve how it delivers for local residents has today (22 January 2015) been announced. Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has named John Crabtree OBE as the chairman of an independent improvement panel. The panel is charged with supporting the council as it pursues […]
Watchdog highlights cuts concerns
The National Audit Office has today published a report on the impact of government cuts upon local councils, focusing on the level of understanding that the Department for Communities and Local Government has on the issue. Responding to the report, Sir Albert Bore, Leader of Birmingham City Council, said: “We are pleased that an informed […]
City wide roll-out of wheelie bins
A report recommending the roll-out of wheelie bins to all 40 of the city’s wards is due before Cabinet on September 16. The report contains the results of a public consultation exercise and the tonnage data for waste collected in the pilot wards of Brandwood and Harborne. Cllr James McKay, Cabinet Member for a Green, […]
Local government being pushed close to the edge
The following is an open letter from Sir Albert Bore, Leader of Birmingham City Council, on a revised forecast of the authority’s finances, which show a poorer position that previously thought… You will be aware, I'm sure, of the 'Jaws of Doom' phrase that I coined last year. This showed that, by the end of […]
Council wins extra Council Tax Support funding
Council tax benefit claimants in Birmingham will have the impact of one of central government's welfare reforms softened after £2.1m extra funding was secured by the city council, following successful negotiations with the government. This additional Council Tax Support funding means that 47,000 working-age claimants will now have to pay a maximum of just 8.5 […]
Wheelie bin pilot project - March 25 update
Plans to introduce wheelie bins to Birmingham are taking another step closer to reality, with the start of the process that will determine if homes in the two pilot wards of Brandwood and Harborne are suitable for bins. Properties that are determined to be suitable will receive a green card containing further information, while those […]
Council reserves - clarification
An article on the Birmingham Post website quotes figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government that relate to the council’s reserves - and how local authorities could minimise the impact of funding cuts by using those reserves. The position portrayed by the DCLG is misleading. According to the latest draft statement of accounts, […]
Wheeled bins - your questions answered
[field name=iframe] Birmingham City Council recently won almost £30million from the Government from a scheme designed to preserve weekly collections of what is currently “black bag” waste. The Department for Communities and Local Government told council officers that the city’s bid - based on introudcing wheeled bins for Birmingham’s households - had excelled in all […]
Why wheeled bins are needed
The following is a piece written by Cllr James McKay, outling the reasons why wheeled bins are needed in Birmingham - after the Government recently announced that the city was to receive £29million as part of a project to protect weekly waste collections. The article first appeared in the Birmingham Mail today (December 5). We've […]
