Black Country news and blogs Friday 21 March 2014
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Catering costs for meetings 
FOI request: Birmingham CC 20 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Eve Commander on 20 March 2014.
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Results of recent Risk Assessment at May Lane Allotments
FOI request: Birmingham CC 20 Mar 14
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by Jonathan Harris on 20 March 2014.
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Licenced Betting Offices in Birmingham 2007-13
FOI request: Birmingham CC 20 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Richard Richardson on 20 March 2014.
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Primary and Secondary School catchment area information
FOI request: Birmingham CC 20 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to archana on 20 March 2014.
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Media Watch – March 20
Birmingham City Council News PR 20 Mar 14
Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Council leader calls for fightback on ‘schools Jihad plot’ (Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post, BBC online) Council leader Sir Albert Bore has called on communities to play a greater role in their local schools…
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Please provide a complete list of agencies supplying temporary Social Workers to Birmingham City Council.
FOI request: Birmingham CC 20 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Politics In Brum on 20 March 2014.
News
Disabled girl ‘lost’ for four years
BBC News 20 Mar 14
Birmingham City Council ‘singularly’ failed a severely disabled girl and her mother by failing to contact them for more than four years, the Local Government Ombudsman rules.
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Licenced Betting Offices in Birmingham 2007-13
FOI request: Birmingham CC 20 Mar 14
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by Richard Richardson on 20 March 2014.
News
‘Islam plot’ letter ‘is defamatory’
BBC News 19 Mar 14
An anonymous letter sent to a council outlining an alleged plan to oust head teachers is “defamatory”, the leader of Birmingham City Council says.
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Asylum seekers in Birmingham
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by Anna Gettings on 19 March 2014.
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Learning Disability Statistics
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Victoria Martin on 19 March 2014.
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Active travel and leisure facility spending
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Jack Stanson on 19 March 2014.
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Please provide a complete list of agencies supplying temporary Social Workers to Birmingham City Council.
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Politics In Brum on 19 March 2014.
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Stansfeld Visitors
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Darren Grant on 19 March 2014.
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Weekly Collection Support Scheme
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to J Wilson on 19 March 2014.
Local news
Castle Vale Library: plans for new entrance
Tyburn Mail 19 Mar 14
The new entrance to the scaled -down library will be in Spitfire House, on the High Street, towards the chip shop end.
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Stansfeld Visitors
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by Darren Grant on 19 March 2014.
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Harborne Clock Tower
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Politics In Brum on 19 March 2014.
Council
Media Watch – March 19
Birmingham City Council News PR 19 Mar 14
Top Birmingham City Council Stories Councils sign declaration for social inclusion (Local Government Chronicle, 24Dash, localgov.
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Double yellow lines
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Rich Handley on 19 March 2014.
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Plying for Hire
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to d.
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Harborne Clock Tower
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Politics In Brum on 19 March 2014.
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Pornography Awareness Training
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Brigitte Lechner on 19 March 2014.
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Kings Norton Library
FOI request: Birmingham CC 19 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Charles Atkinson on 19 March 2014.
Council
Unannounced Ofsted inspection – statement
Birmingham City Council News PR 18 Mar 14
Inspection of services for children in need of help and protection, children looked after and care leavers and review of the Local Safeguarding Children Board – Birmingham The Leader of Birmingham City Council, Sir Albert Bore, has confirmed…
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Harborne Clock Tower
FOI request: Birmingham CC 18 Mar 14
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by Politics In Brum on 18 March 2014.
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Double yellow lines
FOI request: Birmingham CC 18 Mar 14
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by Rich Handley on 18 March 2014.
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Green Waste Collections
FOI request: Birmingham CC 18 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Peter Cole on 18 March 2014.
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Plying for Hire
FOI request: Birmingham CC 18 Mar 14
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by d.
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Pornography Awareness Training
FOI request: Birmingham CC 18 Mar 14
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by Brigitte Lechner on 18 March 2014.
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Location of CCTV Cameras
FOI request: Birmingham CC 18 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Simon Whitehouse on 18 March 2014.
Blog politics
Local MP demands action on rogue landlords and student ghettoes
Steve McCabe MP: Labour - Selly Oak 18 Mar 14
Steve McCabe is calling on Birmingham City Council to stop making excuses and get on with tackling the persistent problem of rogue landlords, dodgy builders and student ghettoes in Selly Oak.
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Horsefair mosaic mural by Kenneth Budd
FOI request: Birmingham CC 18 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Andy Mabbett on 18 March 2014.
Blog comment
Sexual violence and exploitation are public health issues
Birmingham City Council Newsroom blog 18 Mar 14
Cllr Steve Bedser Almost a year after public health responsibilities transferred back to local government, Birmingham City Council is getting to grips with sexual health…and that means tackling big issues like sexual violence and exploitation.
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Chinese Rail Company correspondence relating to HS2
FOI request: Birmingham CC 18 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Paul Thornton on 18 March 2014.
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Media Watch – March 18
Birmingham City Council News PR 18 Mar 14
Top Birmingham City Council Stories: Launch of Birmingham declaration on social inclusion (Birmingham Mail) Cllr John Cotton said the declaration will see city leaders challenge the government over deprivation and work together to find solutions…
Blog politics
Birmingham unites cities to tackle social exclusion
BCC: Cabinet - Cllr John Cotton - Social Cohesion and Equalities 18 Mar 14
Click on the audio file above for Cllr John Cotton’s comments on the Birmingham Declaration on Social Inclusion.
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Pothole figures for Birmingham
FOI request: Birmingham CC 17 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to Viraj Shiyal on 17 March 2014.
Local news
Trial 20 is Plenty speed limit scheme which could be rolled out…
Sutton Coldfield Observer 17 Mar 14
PROPOSALS for a trial 20mph speed limit scheme which, if successful, could be rolled out across Sutton and Erdington will go before city councillors this afternoon (Monday).
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Primary and Secondary School catchment area information
FOI request: Birmingham CC 17 Mar 14
Response by Birmingham City Council to archana on 17 March 2014.
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Horsefair mosaic mural by Kenneth Budd
FOI request: Birmingham CC 17 Mar 14
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by Andy Mabbett on 17 March 2014.
Council
Media Watch – March 17
Birmingham City Council News PR 17 Mar 14
Top Birmingham City Council stories: Dealer jailed for 4 years in car clocking scandal (Birmingham Mail and Sunday Mercury) A Birmingham car salesman has been jailed for four years for clocking more than a million miles off used cars.
Council
This week’s council meetings: March 17-21
Birmingham City Council Meetings 17 Mar 14
Click on the link below for details of this week’s Birmingham City Council meetings.
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Primary and Secondary School catchment area information
FOI request: Birmingham CC 15 Mar 14
Request sent to Birmingham City Council by archana on 15 March 2014.
Blog comment
A gendered spotlight on the Birmingham budget
Slaney Street 15 Mar 14
This article was written as an editorial for the International Women’s Day special edition of Slaney Street which you can read, in all its glory, here .
News
VIDEO: Farm school funding under threat
BBC News 15 Mar 14
A farm school set up by the Cadbury family faces an uncertain future as Birmingham City Council tries to find savings.
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Street food stalls
FOI request: Birmingham CC 14 Mar 14
Follow up sent to Birmingham City Council by Joe Lobo on 14 March 2014.
Local news
Councillors struggle to identify savings
Sutton Coldfield Local 14 Mar 14
With a 49.1% saving required in 2014/15 imposed upon the Sutton Coldfield District by the leaders of Birmingham City Council it is hardly surprising that the local councillors are struggling to put together a suitable proposal.
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Learning Disability Statistics
FOI request: Birmingham CC 14 Mar 14
Follow up sent to Birmingham City Council by Victoria Martin on 14 March 2014.
News
Tenant launches turf war over Birmingham council garden waste scheme
Birmingham Mail 14 Mar 14
Dolores Burke fighting to transfer service when she moves from Tyseley home – and threatens court action…