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Local election campaign launches: The big, the bizarre and the sand timer

Council finances may be taking centre stage of the local election campaigns, but not always for the right reasons, writes head of content Kirsty Weakley

Birmingham City Council loses ninth chief executive in seven years amid 'pariah' claim

Birmingham launches public commission amid uproar over cuts

Locals defend Sparkhill after MP Paul Scully's no-go area remarks

After MP Paul Scully makes critical remarks about the Birmingham ward, locals invite him to visit.

'OAPs are frightened to go out': Birmingham locals warn crime will soar and slam plan to make them pay MORE for fewer bin collections, dimmed street lighting and cuts to highway maintenance - as desperate council moves to balance the books

The cash-strapped Labour-run local authority has issued two section 114 orders - effectively an admission of bankruptcy - and plans to impose a 21 per cent council tax rise over two years.