Paul Marinko 07 January 2026

Birmingham faces MP criticism surrounding football fan ban

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MPs have accused Birmingham City Council of providing a ‘biased picture' surrounding the decision to ban Israeli football fans from a match against Aston Villa.

Birmingham's leader and two senior officers were quizzed on Tuesday over the appropriateness of councillors campaigning to ban the match to be sitting on the committee considering whether away fans should be banned.

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Skills Pipelines: What local government needs to know

Councils and mayors are to be handed a central role in developing skills pipelines for local industries, as the Government unveils what it calls a ‘fundamental change’ to the education system aimed at tackling youth unemployment. Here's what council leaders and officers need to know.
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