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		<title>Chamber leads the charge on elected mayors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham Chamber hasn&#8217;t just come off the fence on elected mayors, it&#8217;s become the campaign&#8217;s cheerleader-in-chief. The organisation that represents the interests of thousands of small and medium sized businesses has made an impassioned plea to members to support the campaign for an elected mayor in the city. Chamber chief executive Jerry Blackett tells members: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19995746&amp;post=1225&amp;subd=thechamberlainfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>City leader sets out Birmingham&#8217;s global ambitions over House of Commons wine and canapes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Dale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taking a keen interest in foreign affairs can be a tricky business, even for prime ministers who are supposed to involve themselves with such matters. So when the leader of Britain’s largest local authority sets off on regular globe-trotting trade missions, you can be certain that criticism from some quarters will be sharp. Birmingham City [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19995746&amp;post=1207&amp;subd=thechamberlainfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Gove gets his way as more Birmingham schools drop council to become academies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:46:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Dale</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year-long war of attrition between the Government and Birmingham council leaders over the performance of the city’s state-run schools appears to have ended decisively in favour of Education Secretary Michael Gove. For the first time in my memory, Tory council leader Mike Whitby has stated clearly that some schools are not good enough and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19995746&amp;post=1194&amp;subd=thechamberlainfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest post by Chris Game: Be careful with local voters &#8211; they can be tricky devils</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Game is Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Local Government Studies (INLOGOV), University of Birmingham. I don’t make a habit of intruding uninvited into other people’s blogs, but, particularly since Paul Dale’s recruitment , The Chamberlain Files has become priority daily reading, and my first excuse, therefore, is simply to engineer an opportunity to express personal appreciation. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19995746&amp;post=1154&amp;subd=thechamberlainfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mirza Ahmad guest post: I&#8217;ll put Birmingham first if I&#8217;m elected mayor</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/mirza-ahmad-guest-post-ill-put-birmingham-first-if-im-elected-mayor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Reeves</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elected mayors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Mirza Ahmad was until last year Corporate Director of Governance at Birmingham City Council following an 11-year career with the authority. He now works as barrister at St Philips Chambers in the city. Following on from my previous guest posting on the Chamberlain Files, I have been asked by a number of people in (and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19995746&amp;post=1147&amp;subd=thechamberlainfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Birmingham City Council workforce cut by a quarter, as record budget squeeze bites</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/birmingham-city-council-workforce-slashed-by-a-quarter-as-record-spending-cuts-take-their-toll/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:36:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Dale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council leader Mike Whitby told cabinet colleagues that “sensitivity and fairness” were the threads running through his approach to the latest £101 million tranche of Government-imposed spending cuts. Actually, a decision to  avoid the most controversial savings proposals lay at the centre of what will probably be the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition’s final budget [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19995746&amp;post=1121&amp;subd=thechamberlainfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mike Whitby turns full circle to run for Tory elected mayor of Birmingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Dale</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Birmingham City Council]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Birmingham Council leader Mike Whitby will announce his intention to seek the Tory nomination to become the city&#8217;s first elected mayor if a referendum on May 3 delivers backing for radical change. The move amounts to a dramatic U-turn for Coun Whitby, who once campaigned fiercely against mayors by describing them as prone to corruption [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19995746&amp;post=1115&amp;subd=thechamberlainfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guest post by Dr Mirza Ahmad: Current mayoral candidates represent Birmingham&#8217;s past</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com/2012/02/09/guest-post-by-dr-mirza-ahmad-current-mayoral-candidates-represent-birminghams-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr Mirza Ahmad was until last year Corporate Director of Governance at Birmingham City Council following an 11-year career with the authority. He now works as barrister at St Philips Chambers in the city. &#160; Let me make it clear for the record: I have supported the principle of having a strong directly elected mayor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19995746&amp;post=1103&amp;subd=thechamberlainfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top bosses&#8217; pay: what&#8217;s an elected mayor worth to you?</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com/2012/02/06/top-bosses-pay-whats-an-elected-mayor-worth-to-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Reeves</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a post a few weeks back I suggested that social services could be a &#8216;make-or-break&#8217; issue for any new elected mayor of Birmingham. I think there&#8217;s another elephant in the room &#8211; pay. After RBS chief executive Stephen Hester was forced by public and political pressure to sacrifice part of his (below market rate) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19995746&amp;post=1088&amp;subd=thechamberlainfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor candidate promises &#8216;value for money&#8217; probe into council&#8217;s £1 billion Capita contract</title>
		<link>https://thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/mayor-candidate-promises-value-for-money-probe-into-councils-1-billion-capita-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Dale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Labour politician fighting to become Birmingham’s first directly elected mayor is promising an investigation into the financial relationship between the city council and its private sector ICT provider Capita. Sion Simon says he will order the council’s £1 billion contract with Capita-led Service Birmingham to be independently audited to make sure the company is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thechamberlainfiles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=19995746&amp;post=1077&amp;subd=thechamberlainfiles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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