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Birmingham Water Works Board may change as Alabama Senate advances restructuring bill
The Alabama Senate quickly passed an amended version of a bill restructuring certain municipal waterworks boards into ...
Express & Star3d
Birmingham and Staffordshire among 'worst affected' after almost 600,000 UK council jobs lost in a decade
Birmingham City Council House. Taken by LDR Alexander Brock. Permission for use all LDRS partners. The figures were released as the GMB and other unions begin talks with the Local Government ...
BirminghamWorld on MSN3d
Birmingham City Council delegation visits innovative community-owned development
Councillors serving on Birmingham City Council’s planning committee visited an innovative development in Stirchley following ...
Birmingham Water Works makes case to senators considering restructuring board of directors
The Alabama Senate County and Municipal Government Committee approved a bill making changes to the make up, operation, and ...
Mansion of one of Birmingham's most famous residents could become 'international attraction'
Birmingham's Highbury Hall was once the home of Joseph Chamberlain, a hugely influential figure in the city's history ...
Daily Mail4d
Easter BINNIES! As rubbish bags continue to pile high in Birmingham SEVEN council workers are seen emptying one car full of litter as strikes continue
As rubbish bags are continuing to pile up in Birmingham this Easter weekend amid union strikes, seven council workers were seen unloading just one car full of rubbish today. Staff were based at ...
The Bolton News6d
Bolton Council refuse house extension to care for elderly father
A woman fears she will not be able to keep her elderly father safe after a proposed extension to her home was blocked by council planners ... connected to the main house, but Mrs Scott says ...
PropertyWire3d
Birmingham to be hit hardest by council tax increases
Share this Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkeIn Birmingham’s residents are set to be hit hardest by rising council tax rates for 2025/26, research from Go.Compare Home Insurance has ...
Birmingham Mail3d
Council will use powers to force home empty since 2008 back into use - after owner 'evades outstanding debts'
A council will use powers to force the sale of a dilapidated home left empty for 17 years. City of Wolverhampton Council has said it will use compulsory purchasing powers to acquire a home in Lime ...
Birmingham Mail5d
Every 'broke' city council asset for sale including pubs and four shops on same street
Broke' Birmingham City Council has four shops and three pubs ... A freehold ground rent secured on a licenced public house, with a site area of approx. 4,076 sq.m. Freehold subject to a lease ...
The Big Issue4d
Use council tax hike on second homes to build thousands of new community-led houses, experts say
“By reinvesting the second homes council tax premiums in community-led housing, councils can enable local people to lead positive change. Community-led housing developments often receive more local ...
The Scottish Sun3d
I have 12 kids & live in council house – trolls say I’m a ‘jobless sponger on £6k benefits’, they couldn’t be more wrong
They live in a six-bedroom council house in Burghead, Moray, where they regularly document their hectic lives on their YouTube channel. In a recent video, Zoe exposed comments from trolls ...