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Local Elections
13:35, 29 JAN 2015
Waging all-out elections and a dilemma of councillor numbers
Opinion
The aim is for all-encompassing council elections in Birmingham by May 2017 instead of election by thirds.
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Birmingham to have fewer councillors and "all-out" elections every four years
Economic Development
Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles has ordered major changes to the way Birmingham is governed, with the entire council elected once every four years and fewer councillors
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Beleagured Birmingham City Council's relief at Eric Pickles' team of trouble shooters
Opinion
Worries that Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles would send some politically motivated gung ho character to stride into town like a new sheriff in Dodge City to clean up the Council House have to some extent been allayed.
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Take a bow after a year of ups and downs in Birmingham
Opinion
A year of ups and downs for the city's political leader as Neil Elkes takes a sideways look at those deserving an award
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Russell Luckock: Teenagers can learn lot from young voters of Scotland
Opinion
Electioneering got off to a slow start in Scotland but then, in the last month, politicians and the voters suddenly realised the seriousness of what was before them.
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Voters want "big changes" - and only the Greens can deliver, says party leader Natalie Bennett
Economic Development
The Green Party want to tax the rich, tax supermarkets and nationalise the railways. As she prepares for their annual conference in Birmingham, party leader Natalie Bennett tells the Birmingham Post why voters are going Green.
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Neil Elkes: Election fears over Birmingham's green waste shambles
Opinion
Rotting green waste is still being dumped across the city after the council imposed its 'garden tax' charge
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Are we about to see the most underwhelming election in history?
Opinion
Ballot boxes could be decidedly empty come police and crime commissioner election day next month.
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Gisela Stuart MP: City must take a long look at itself in wake of Trojan Horse
Economic Development
The extreme fragmentation we have seen here has not happened in other places.
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Is it time to open up selection to stamp out the 'rotten boroughs'?
Opinion
Birmingham's Labour party members throughout the city have now found themselves looking ahead to 2015 with a series of meetings select their candidates.
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Heseltine: Forget a referendum, Birmingham must have an elected mayor
Economic Development
Birmingham needs a mayor to help shift power away from London and to the region.
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MP gets it in the neck from Tory chair after tweet
Economic Development
Mr Fabricant has apologised and said he felt as though he had "undone a 20 year voting record" on feminist issues.
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New Tory chief: give us 3 years
Economic Development
City's Conservative group leader sets ambitious target for regaining reins of power.
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Rethinking EU membership
Opinion
Not for the first time many voters believe that leaving the EU would cure problems such as unemployment by reducing immigration.
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Two women appointed to senior city council roles
Economic Development
Council leader responds to criticism over cabinet diversity as councillors Penny Holbrook and Lisa Trickett appointed to senior positions
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Why all is unequal in electoral love and war
Opinion
Some votes are more equal than others in the British political system.
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Lib Dems going to pot - but they can't blame Clegg
Opinion
It's widely assumed that voters are punishing the Liberal Democrats for unpopular decisions taken by the Coalition government of which they are part.
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Latest Clancy bid for Sir Albert's crown is no storm in a teacup
Opinion
Labour leader Sir Albert Bore is being challenged for the leadership by Councillor John Clancy.
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Emergency bin clean-up was 'part of election plot' claim councillors
Economic Development
Birmingham City Council chief executive refutes suggestion operation was part of 'election bribe'
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Who will get to vote on May 22 and who's it for?
Economic Development
Chris Game examines the potential machinations of next week's local elections across the West Midlands
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Politics and rows as the Trojan Horse scandal descends into the mire
Opinion
The not-so-tight-lipped row between Tory Michael Gove and Lib Dem David Laws over free schools and free school meals suggests a dysfunctional department .
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Councillor slams £1.5 million cost of Tory Party Conference
Economic Development
James McKay says the money could have paid for 60 street cleaners
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Birmingham's garden tax 'is only issue' on doorsteps for Tories
Economic Development
Election trail sees opposition hammering Labour on green waste
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City 'garden tax' could lay waste to Labour as voters go to the polls
Opinion
There were warnings that the decision to withdraw a universal garden waste collection service from 400,000 households would be hugely unpopular.
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