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      <title>Proposal for future of city council day centres</title>
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      <description>The city council’s Cabinet has approved proposals to close four council-run day centres, with support provided at the remaining five centres within the city.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:01:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Reception National Offer Day Statistics 2024</title>
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      <description>Details of the reception national offer day for Birmingham </description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:29:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Improvement plans in place for Birmingham’s children’s services despite national and financial challenges  </title>
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      <description>A series of reports due before the council’s Cabinet on 23 April 2024 sets out how the council is addressing national challenges in Children’s Services and delivering budget savings.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 15:54:00 +0100</pubDate>
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      <title>Secondary school transfer day - offers at 1 March 2024</title>
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      <description>Pupils will today find out which secondary school they will attend in September.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 08:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>More than 165,000 schoolchildren receive supermarket vouchers this half term </title>
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      <description>Birmingham City Council has issued over £3m worth of supermarket vouchers to support thousands of families across the city during the February half-term.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 12:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>City council invite residents to say ‘no’ to fizzy drinks during Fizz-Free February</title>
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      <description>Birmingham City Council in partnership with health and voluntary organisations, are launching campaign in February to help persuade people to swap sugar-laden fizzy drinks for healthier alternatives.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2023 09:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Operation Encompass launched in Birmingham to improve school support available for children who experience domestic abuse</title>
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      <description>An initiative that will improve the support provided to children who experience domestic abuse has been launched in Birmingham</description>
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