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Birmingham City Council House

Commissioners empowered to run Birmingham City Council until 2028

Author Carl Chinn

Council has ‘no right to sell off historical assets’ says Carl Chinn

When will Birmingham council announce cuts amid financial distress?

Experts have said that in breaking the promise of HS2 to Manchester, the damage done to the Government's relationship with business and commuters in particular will be politically catastrophic

Mayor reacts to ‘plans to axe’ HS2 Birmingham to Manchester

Birmingham City Council ‘bankruptcy’ - key questions asked by members

Birmingham City Council house

Claims council knew extent of equal pay bills before setting budget

Birmingham City Council house. Photo by Carl Jackson.

Birmingham City Council: unions ‘prepare for strikes’ over bankruptcy

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street (Photo by PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Mayor Andy Street hits out at Birmingham City Council leadership

Guide dog Quita, who is nervous around e-scooters. Credit: LDRS

Guide dogs scared by e-scooters, say Birmingham campaigners

Bus network in Birmingham protected (Picture by Shaun Fellows / Shine Pix Ltd)

£40m tax payer money to save West Midlands bus routes at risk

Rejected Pressworks scheme

Plans for 700 new flats in Digbeth rejected - here’s why

In pictures: Birmingham Children’s Hospital to get major upgrade

Chief Executive BSMHFT Roisin Fallon Williams

Mental health services in Birmingham pressured by ongoing strikes

E-scooter and cycle hire specialist Beryl bring new e-scooter hire scheme to the streets of Birmingham (Photo - Martin O’Callaghan)

I tried Birmingham’s new Beryl e-scooters and I will scoot again

Moseley neighbours speak out against dangerous driving on their street

Moseley neighbours speak out against dangerous driving on their street

E-scooters for hire returning to Birmingham

Mayor Andy Street reacts to concerns over the return of e-scooters

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street

West Midlands Mayor reacts to spike in road deaths in Birmingham

Mike Devlin, Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal fundraiser, with Cllr Ian Ward in Shard End, Birmingham

How Mike raised more than £100K for Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal

Co-op members and their supporters raise the sign on site for the first time. Credit: LDRS.

Homes owned and run by its residents to be built in Stirchley

Birmingham Bus

West Midlands mayor Andy Street discusses bus fare price rises

Birmingham bus

Calls for Birmingham buses to be controlled by council - here’s why

An aerial view from a drone shows the site of the Birmingham High Speed Rail 2 station construction site at Curzon Street on March 22, 2023 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

HS2 has ‘sucked life’ out of West Midlands, says councillor

Birmingham bus (Photo - National Express West Midlands)

20 Birmingham bus routes exempt from the £2 fare cap - full list here

Artist\’s Drawing Of Birds Eye View Of Birmingham Central North

Here’s how Aston Triangle will look in 2040

Police and protesters at the Let Women Speak event in Centenary Square on Sunday May 14 2023

Man arrested at ‘women’s rights’ event by Posie Parker in Birmingham

Curzon Wharf. (Photo - Woodbourne group)

Plans for Birmingham’s tallest building on Curzon Wharf approved

Birmingham Council House

Birmingham resident submits ‘transphobia’ complaint to city council

West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner Simon Foster and Mayor Andy Street

Police & Crime Commissioner says deeper devolution deal ‘has failed’

Motorists post images of driving through Birmingham on Tik Tok

Birmingham luxury car drivers posting TikTok videos of them speeding

Hammerson to transform former John Lewis store in Birmingham’s Grand Central (Photo - Hammerson)

Birmingham’s old John Lewis store to be made into offices & foodhall

Tahir Mahmood, 42, with his friend

Nechells residents react to huge council tax hike

Patrick Gallon

Burglar stole from couple in sheltered accommodation in Birmingham

CGI illustration of the Central Place development. Credit: Bordeaux Estates.

Site of Rosie’s nightclub in Sutton to be transformed into flats

Lord Mayor Maureen Cornish. Copyright Birmingham city council. With permission for all LDRS to use.

Birmingham council spent most of all local authorities on private cars

Laughing gas canisters

City council ‘extremely worried’ at soaring use of laughing gas

Cllr Deirdre Alden standing on black tarmac cycle lanes on Priory Road Edgbaston

New cycling paths have been painted to save money, councillor claims

Mathias Dingman and Miki Mizutani Birmingham Royal Ballet Forgotten Land for Into the Music triple bill

Birmingham arts get £27m levelling up funds as London faces cuts

An existing branch of McDonalds on Bristol Road Birmingham

New McDonald’s in Selly Oak granted 24-hour licence

West Midlands Rail Strategy consultation considers an underground tunnel for Birmingham city centre

Plans for underground rail tunnel under the city centre announced

West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner Simon Foster

West Midlands PCC rejects calls for police to attend all burglaries

Andy Street

West Midlands Mayor Andy Street reacts to Liz Truss resignation

The West Midlands Metro service opens on Broad Street

Wednesbury to Brierley Hill West Midlands Metro extension postponed

Birmingham City Council faces ‘ huge challenge’ to deliver 80,000 more homes in the next two decades

80,000 homes needed in Birmingham by 2040 - here’s why

Edgbaston Reservoir

Edgbaston Reservoir campaigner speaks out against development plans

Food hygiene

4 Birmingham food sellers fined £40,000 for hygiene fails

Tributes were paid to Her Majesty in Birmingham today

Birmingham council chiefs and residents lay wreaths and condolences