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A revival in London of Peter Wright’s tasteful Birmingham Royal Ballet version is always welcome
This six-part BBC drama is part coming-of-age tale, part multigenerational family drama
Chancellor not extending letting English local authorities keep 100% of proceeds from Right to Buy
Innocent citizens will be paying a lot more for a lot less, but in Brum, being down is not the same as being out
Town hall forced to sell £750mn of assets with steep cuts to public services in bid to tackle funding crisis
Chronic under-investment outside London and the south-east has contributed to regional inequality and poor productivity
Commemorating Tim Brighouse, whose work in improving schools and championing the profession touched the lives of many
Increase comes after UK government axed rest of line to Manchester in bid to save £36bn
PM set to use Conservative party conference to announce axing of project’s northern leg
Owners of Tom Brady-backed football club say truncating rail line will shake investor confidence
Veteran fixer Max Caller lured out of retirement to bring UK’s largest local authority back from the brink
Michael Gove set to announce technical consultation period after local authority declared itself in effect bankrupt
GMB predicts total bill from discrimination against women could run into billions of pounds
Demise intensifies the debate over wider national crisis in local government finance
Once hailed as an exemplary authority, Birmingham’s history of poor governance has left it facing big bills
Biggest UK local authority blames cost of settling equal pay claims
The rules are in place to prevent bailouts. Anything other than minor tweaks would be a mistake
Relocation is part of a push to move officials out of the capital
Jonathan Coe on a history of the complicated character and cultural clout of the West Midlands metropolis
He has gone from designing clothes for Beyoncé to exploring his south Asian heritage in an installation at the museum
UK’s second-largest city Birmingham hosts last event of its kind as organisers work to make it more flexible, distinctive and affordable
Heather Wheeler apologises for remark made on same day Johnson gave speech in Blackpool
West Midlands city plans to use the event to highlight its post-industrial transformation
Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery celebrates an artist who created his own universe by breaking pictorial and religious traditions
Paulette Hamilton increases party’s share of the vote to become UK city’s first black MP
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