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Birmingham library costs row
A political row has broken out in Birmingham over the amount of money paid to PR firms for the launch of the planned new Library of Birmingham. According to a freedom of information request undertaken...
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Regeneration scheme ‘cost lots of money’
Another week, another freedom of information request story. This time it’s the Kentish Express doing their bit to embarrass those naughty politicians. The request centres around the costs of street...
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All quiet on the Olympic site
I went for a tour of the Olympic site on Friday. Impressive stuff, not much going on though.. Now I’m not for a minute suggesting the project is behind schedule, it clearly isn’t, the Olympic Stadium...
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Dutton spills the beans
The Birmingham Post is running a revealing two-part interview with the city’s ex regeneration chief Clive Dutton. Dutton left his Birmingham position last week to take up his new position as the London...
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The book group
I’ve just finished reading Anna Minton’s book Ground Control and it’s challenged many of my assumptions about regeneration and planning. The book talks about how since the early 1980s, free-market...
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If necessity is the mother of invention, then slow news weeks are the mother of artistic expression. When a press release about a website dedicated to the regeneration of Slough dropped into the...
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They think it’s all over! It isn’t now
And the final whistle on Tottenham Hotspur Football Club’s plans to build a new stadium has been greeted with cheers!? No, shrugged shoulders actually. The morning after the club receives approval from...
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Pathfinder in limbo
Channel Four news ran a thoroughly depressing piece on the fate of the Pathfinder housing renewal scheme last night. Whether or not you agree with the Pathfinder methods, since funding for the...
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