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News published February 2021

• Statement regarding role of chief executive

  Interim chief executive Chris Naylor will be leaving the City Council on 6th March following the conclusion of his secondment and will be returning to his employer Barking and Dagenham.

  Published 11th February 2021.

• City council to provide meal vouchers for half-term

  Birmingham City Council will be ensuring families eligible for free school meals will get the help they need over the upcoming February half-term break.

  Published 9th February 2021.

• £5,000 grant for Birmingham’s hackney carriage drivers to prepare for the Clean Air Zone

  Birmingham City Council has announced a new £5,000 grant for Birmingham-licensed hackney carriage drivers.

  Published 9th February 2021.

• Waste collection update - 9 February 2021

  Despite snowfall and icy conditions, our crews are out for bin collections scheduled for today and doing their best to complete their rounds.

  

  Published 9th February 2021.

• Birmingham City Council launches a series of Clean Air Zone webinars

  Birmingham City Council has launched a series of webinars to help residents, city centre workers and businesses prepares for the Clean Air Zone, which launches on 1 June 2021.

  

  Published 5th February 2021.

• Extra testing in Frankley Great Park and parts of south Northfield due to COVID-19 variant

  Testing is to be increased in order to monitor and suppress the South African variant.

  Published 3rd February 2021.

• Cleaner streets boost for Birmingham thanks to new mechanical sweepers

  Ongoing efforts to improve Birmingham’s neighbourhoods have been bolstered by a deal that has seen the city council start to take delivery of 31 new street sweeping vehicles.

  

  Published 3rd February 2021.

• Strategy to improve lives of East Birmingham residents set for approval

  Birmingham City Council’s ambitious new strategy for East Birmingham, seeking to dramatically improve lives of around 250,000 of its residents, is set to be adopted by Cabinet next week (9 February).

  Published 2nd February 2021.

• Arena Birmingham set for new indoor track in £1.2m council investment

  Plans to invest in a much-needed replacement indoor athletics track at Arena Birmingham are due before the city council’s Cabinet on February 9.

  

  Published 1st February 2021.

• Birmingham warehouse fined £60,000 for unsafe working practices

  A food warehouse has been fined £60,000 after pleading guilty to four offences under health and safety legislation at Birmingham Magistrates Court earlier today (1 February 2021).

  Published 1st February 2021.

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