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News published March 2019

• Birmingham receives £711,000 to work with landlords to tackle homelessness

  Birmingham City Council has been awarded £711,000 from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to work with the private-rented housing sector to prevent homelessness.

  Published 29th March 2019.

• UK authorities come together in rallying call to government for sprinkler funding

  Birmingham City Council is leading a campaign for the Government to fund the retro-fitting of life-saving sprinklers in thousands of high-rise tower blocks across the country

  

  Published 27th March 2019.

• Iconic sculpture returned to Centenary Square

  Centenary Square in Birmingham has welcomed back its first piece of public art - an iconic sculpture, created to celebrate the work of the famous 18th century printer John Baskerville.

  

  Published 25th March 2019.

• Consultation on city centre order to be launched

  Birmingham City Council is asking people who live or work in or visit Birmingham to share their views on plans to introduce measures to tackle anti-social behaviour in the city centre.

  Published 21st March 2019.

• Statement on Birmingham mosque attacks

  Statement by Cllr John Cotton, Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion, Community Safety and Equalities, on the recent attacks on mosques across the city.

  Published 21st March 2019.

• Birmingham City Council and Birmingham and Solihull Women’s Aid launch new hub to tackle domestic violence and homelessness

  Today Birmingham City Council in partnership with Birmingham & Solihull Women’s Aid have opened a new domestic abuse hub that will provide support to those experiencing and fleeing domestic violence.

  

  Published 20th March 2019.

• Birmingham Independent Improvement Panel to step down

  After four years the Birmingham Independent Improvement Panel is to step down at the end of this month (March 2019).

  

  Published 18th March 2019.

• Settlement to end waste service dispute

  Heads of terms between the council and the unions Unite and Unison that will bring an end to the dispute within the city’s waste management service were approved by the council’s Cabinet (March 15).

  Published 15th March 2019.

• Response to New Zealand terror attack

  The following is a statement from Cllr John Cotton, Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion, Community Safety and Equalities on the New Zealand terror attack:

  Published 15th March 2019.

• Housing-led Ladywood regeneration - latest announcement at MIPIM

  Birmingham City Council has announced plans to engage with investor and development partners to deliver major housing-led regeneration of Ladywood

  

  Published 13th March 2019.

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