Birmingham City Council in action
Coverage of Birmingham City Council’s meeting this afternoon can be found here starting at 13:30 today, apparently.
Central Library not bursting at the seams
Loads of space in the new library of Birmingham, but what’s it for? wonders Alan Clawley.
Rallying to restore confidence in construction
A national Rally to Restore Confidence took place last week to encourage professionals working across all platforms within the built environment that 2013 is a year for positivity
Budget cuts
Alan Clawley wades through the gloom and doom of budget cuts and asks why Sir Albert Bore is predicting the end of local government as we know it.
The new city park
Alan Clawley scans a Birmingham landscape with a highly critical eye.
Birmingham City Council celebrates top employees
The winners have been announced in Birmingham City Council’s (BCC) internal awards programme – the Chamberlain Awards
Social worker named as finalist in local heroes award
A social worker has been nominated for a community award in Birmingham City Councils’ (BCC) annual recognition initiative, the Chamberlain Awards.
Minister attends Property Breakfast Briefing
Brandon Lewis outlined the Government’s proposed changes to planning regulations at a Breakfast Briefing
Public Meeting: No private profits from policing
The West Midland Police Authority is developing a Business Partnering for Policing Programme. What does this mean for West Midlands residents?
Birmingham’s financial ‘black hole’ questioned – Part 2
Martin Mullaney was a LibDeb councillor until last May. He’s waging a campaign against the Labour administration’s claim that Birmingham finances were found to have a £21m hole in them when they came to power.
Birmingham Council’s financial ‘black hole’ claim rebutted by LibDem
Former LibDem councillor Martin Mullaney takes issue with Birmingham’s Labour administration claim of a £21m hole in the council’s budget.
LEP welcomes £1.5bn City Deal for Birmingham
Greater Birmingham and Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership welcomed the Government’s City Deal for Birmingham – that has, it is claimed, the potential to create nearly 11,000 new jobs.
Mayors: Birmingham Does NOT Decide
There has never been any evidence in Birmingham of a desire for a referendum on elected mayors.
Christmas trees turned into cash
Over 420 tonnes of green waste was collected throughout January for which Veolia Environmental Services donated £5 for every tonne.
Sustainability Spring Fair
A family day of fun and a chance to learn about sustainability issues.
What paradise will be like
Alan Clawley has seen Paradise and would prefer it stayed lost.
No plans to demolish brutalist library
Alan Clawley reveals that a Brutalist public library opened in 1977, the foundation stone of which was laid by Harold Wilson in 1975, is not facing demolition.
Elected Mayors: A Constitutional farce
Steve Beauchampé is appalled that the electorate will be asked to vote next May without knowing what for.
PROFILE: City TV’s Debra Davis
Ros Dodd talked to City TV’s Debra Davis – Birmingham City Council’s former public affairs chief.
Birmingham Library: Moving house
Alan Clawley writes on the problems of moving home – when related to libraries shifting location.
Cutbacks to Birmingham Central Library opening hours
Birmingham Central Library is to end its decades-long tradition of evening opening by introducing a 6pm weekday closing time, possibly as early as December.
Making do
It’s not a very exciting slogan but ‘making do’ is probably what we will all be doing more of given the almost universal slowdown in economic growth.
The Self-Importance of Being….
Dave Woodhall wonders whether local Tories know what they’re doing – or whether they know exactly what they’re doing.
Budget Consultations Announced
Birmingham City Council is asking you to tell them how to spend your money.
Birmingham’s John Madin designed library: Demolishing arguments
Alan Clawley continues to rebut the critics of the Birmingham Central Library that architect John Madin designed.
What we’re good (and bad) at – a message to Birmingham City Council
No person, company, local council, or financial institution, even in ‘advanced’ post-industrial societies like ours, can be good at everything.
Stage set for Birmingham’s ambition to transform healthcare globally
How can the region get the best return on a major investment in healthcare?
Rings of Aluminium
“But it is just possible that what impresses the public about the new library is simply that it is very expensive”, reckons Alan Clawley
The Battle for Stirchley
There’s a power struggle going on in Stirchley, the up-and-coming suburb of South Birmingham that many people are touting as ‘the new Kings Heath’
Birmingham’s hidden treasures
Alan Clawley has been delving in the warehouse that stores the hidden treasures of Birmingham’s remarkable past.