We need a City Region Scrutiny Committee
Unemployment in Birmingham was a huge problem even before this recession, with levels at 20% in some wards in the city. …
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Demand for better information
An interesting report from the Audit Commission out today, has found that councillors are basing important decisions on unreliable information. Apparently: Councillors …
Flooding in Birmingham – part 2
The Local Government Association has called for the government to think again on funding councils for their new ‘flood role’: …
Politics and the art of making things complicated
Decisions made in local government often come across as being complicated because they are complicated, and the use of technical language is …
Flooding in Birmingham – the wrong kind of soil, the wrong kind of rain
To my huge surprise the two hour presentation/debate on flood management that I sat through at this week’s Regeneration Committee …
Birmingham Citizens’ Advice Bureau and the Recession
Recent news from Birmingham’s Citizens’ Advice Bureau makes it clear that the recession is hitting harder in this city than elsewhere …
AWM Funding Cut and ‘Business Support’
It’s hardly surprising, given the dire state of the economy, that AWM is having to cut funding for a number of projects …
£500m Govt aid not helping jobless
Interesting article in the Birmingham Post today about how the public sector led approach to tackling unemployment doesn’t actually appear …
Culture bid worth it even if we lose
If a serious bid is put forward for Birmingham to become the first UK City of Culture in 2013, and …
UK’s ‘City of Culture’ 2013
Ben Bradshaw, the Culture Secretary, has announced that a competition is to be held to find the UK’s first ‘City of Culture’: “Culture is …
