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Death by Rescue The Cedar Lounge Revolution The Disorder Of Things | For the Relentless Criticism of All Existing Conditions Since 2010 Andy Howell: Political Futures Struggling with Service Birmingham and Transformational Change Like many local authorities Birmingham City Council (BCC) has a strategic partnership, business arrangement, to support ITC development, procurement and ‘business transformation’. There is nothing unusual about this, many councils have had to develop these contracts with specialist companies simply because they do not have the skills and talents in house to deal with the change demanded by new technologies in particular. Birmingham’s strategic parter is the public services company Capita. Local economist professor David Bailey has recently launched a petition on Birmingham City Council’s website calling for the details of the Capita contract to be put in the public domain. I believe this to be a sensible petition. Yesterday, in complete frustration, I compiled the video podcast that you can see below. Now, I may be being too ambitious.

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