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		<title>Birmingham Campaign For State Education Meeting &#8211; June 11th</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melissa Benn, education journalist and author of &#8216;School Wars&#8217;, will be speaking at the next Birmingham CASE (Campaign for State Education) public meeting on Tuesday 11 June 7.15 at the T&#38;G Offices, Broad St, Birmingham (opposite Novotel). 7:15pm Tuesday 11th &#8230; <a href="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/05/15/birmingham-campaign-for-state-education-meeting-june-11th/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18680259&#038;post=7034&#038;subd=birminghamagainstthecuts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cuts in WM Fire Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 23:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cuts in WM Fire Service Fire Brigades Union condemns cuts involving one fire engine lost, three downgraded, and 34 firefighters&#8217;  jobs removed.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18680259&#038;post=7027&#038;subd=birminghamagainstthecuts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Labour Get Extra Funding To Increase Council Tax Benefit</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 15:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in January, when Labour announced how they were going to deal with the localisation of Council Tax Benefit (now called Council Tax Support) and the 10% cut in funding that came with it, they decided to impose 20% charges &#8230; <a href="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/labour-get-extra-funding-to-increase-council-tax-benefit/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18680259&#038;post=7001&#038;subd=birminghamagainstthecuts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protest The Council&#8217;s Decision To Make Crisis Grants Only Spendable At ASDA &#8211; Sunday 19th May</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 08:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Activists from the Slaney Street blog have called a demonstration at Kings Heath ASDA on Sunday 19th may against the council&#8217;s decision to pay crisis grants &#8211; the replacement for the Social Fund Crisis Loans scrapped by the ConDem coalition &#8230; <a href="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/05/11/protest-the-councils-decision-to-make-crisis-grants-only-spendable-at-asda-sunday-19th-may/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18680259&#038;post=6970&#038;subd=birminghamagainstthecuts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Local Areas Organising To Resist The Bedroom Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 17:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There will be a number of meetings in the next couple of weeks in local areas around Birmingham that are heavily affected by the Bedroom Tax, as local residents start to organise themselves to resist the charge and any evictions &#8230; <a href="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/05/09/local-areas-organising-to-resist-the-bedroom-tax/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18680259&#038;post=6987&#038;subd=birminghamagainstthecuts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lobby Albert Bore For No Evictions Over The Bedroom Tax &#8211; 17th May</title>
		<link>http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/lobby-albert-bore-for-no-evictions-over-the-bedroom-tax-17th-may/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the meeting in Ladywood last week it was decided that tenants from Ladywood would go to Albert Bore&#8217;s surgery at the Council House on Friday 17th may and that there would be a protest outside to support them. They &#8230; <a href="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/lobby-albert-bore-for-no-evictions-over-the-bedroom-tax-17th-may/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18680259&#038;post=6981&#038;subd=birminghamagainstthecuts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BARAC Needs You!</title>
		<link>http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/barac-needs-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 10:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Black Activists Rising Against The Cuts (BARAC) are holding a public forum on the 6th June to discuss the impact of austerity and cuts. Unemployment amongst young black men is over 50% as the recession and austerity impact disproportionately on &#8230; <a href="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/barac-needs-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18680259&#038;post=6964&#038;subd=birminghamagainstthecuts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ladywood Meeting vows to fight Bedroom Tax</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 10:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tenants on Ladywood estate tonight set up their own local action group to fight the bedroom tax.A meeting organised by Birmingham Benefits Justice Campaign was attended by 17 tenants and 8 supporters. A number of tenants described how they were &#8230; <a href="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/ladywood-meeting-vows-to-fight-bedroom-tax/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18680259&#038;post=6950&#038;subd=birminghamagainstthecuts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bedroom Tax Meeting in Ladywood Tomorrow (Wednesday 1st May)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following on from their demonstration last weekend, Birmingham Benefit Justice Campaign will be holding a meeting in Ladywood to discuss the impact of the Bedroom Tax and taking action against it. Wednesday 1st May 7pm – 8pm Axe the Bedroom &#8230; <a href="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/bedroom-tax-meeting-in-ladywood-tomorrow-wednesday-1st-may/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18680259&#038;post=6944&#038;subd=birminghamagainstthecuts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Seven reasons to oppose the privatisation of the Library of Birmingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 07:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from communitiesagainstthecuts: In September the new Library of Birmingham will open to the public of Birmingham. This will be a landmark event in the history of the city and will provide a world class cultural and learning resource to &#8230; <a href="http://birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/seven-reasons-to-oppose-the-privatisation-of-the-library-of-birmingham/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=birminghamagainstthecuts.wordpress.com&#038;blog=18680259&#038;post=6942&#038;subd=birminghamagainstthecuts&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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