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  Government of Birmingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Until the 1760s Birmingham was administered by manorial and parish officials, most of whom served on a part-time and honourary basis.
Birmingham gained the status of a municipal borough in 1838 and gained its its first elected town council which took over the functions of the Street Comissioners.
Birmingham's eleven constituencies are represented in the House of Commons by one Conservative, one Liberal Democrat and nine Labour MPs.
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 Encyclopedia: Birmingham, England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Birmingham is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the UK, with large populations from the Caribbean and Indian sub-continent: according to the 2001 census, 25.6% of the population of Birmingham is non-white.
Birmingham has 35 miles (60 km) of canals within the city boundaries, of which most are navigable; the canals were once the lifeblood of the city's industries during the Industrial Revolution but are now used mainly for pleasure.
Birmingham is by far the UK's largest manufacturing and engineering centre, employing over 100,000 people in the industry and contributing billions to the national economy with two of the largest car plants in Britain, MG Rover and Jaguar, not counting Land Rover in nearby Solihull.
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 Birmingham, Alabama - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Birmingham is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Jefferson County.
Birmingham is located on the heart of a tornado alley known as the Dixie Alley due to the frequency of tornadoes in Central Alabama.
Birmingham is served by three Interstates, Interstate 20, Interstate 65, and Interstate 59, and a southern beltway Interstate 459 and the Elton B. Stephens (Red Mountain) Expressway (U.S. Highway 31 and U.S. Highway 280).
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Croatian Government The Government of the Republic of Croatia (Vlada Republike Hrvatske), commonly abbreviated to Croati...
Government of Åland The Landskapsregering, is the Lagting, the parliament of Åland.
Government of the 23rd Dáil Twenty-Third Dáil - (1982) Eighteenth Government of Ireland - (1982) Taoiseach Tánaiste and...
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 Encyclopedia: Local government in England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Under section 15 the Local Government and Housing Act 1989, committees must roughly reflect the political party makeup of the council; before it was permitted for a party with control of the council to 'pack' committees with their own members.
In 2000 Parliament passed the Local Government Act 2000 to force councils to move to an executive-based system, either with the council leader and a cabinet acting as an executive authority, or with a directly-elected mayor, either with a mayor and cabinet drawn from the councillors; or a mayor and council manager.
In England and Wales this is exercised under section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972.
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It is also a Government of Birmingham, England#Districtsformal district, managed by its own district committee.
Edgbaston was historically a town in its own right, until it became administratively part of Birmingham in the late 19th century.
Birmingham Edgbaston is a constituency, its member of Parliament is Gisela Stuart.
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 Government of Birmingham - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Birmingham is covered by the West Midlands Police and the West Midlands Fire Service.
Public transport in Birmingham is overseen by the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive.
Government of Birmingham, Local Government, History, City Council, Joint services, Wards, Districts, Parishes, National Government and External links.
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 Government of Birmingham -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This page is about the (The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit) Government of (A city in central England; 2nd largest English city and an important industrial and transportation center) Birmingham, (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
Until the (The decade from 1760 to 1769) 1760s Birmingham was administered by (The mansion of the lord of the manor) manorial and (A local church community) parish officials, most of whom served on a part-time and honourary basis.
Birmingham gained the status of a (One of the administrative divisions of a large city) borough in 1838 and gained its its first elected (Click link for more info and facts about town council) town council which took over the functions of the Street Comissioners.
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 Democracy: Inaugural Address on Assuming the Presidency of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, Birmingham, England, 6 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
England, indeed, may be called a monarchy with democratic tendencies, the United States a democracy with conservative instincts.
Democracy is nothing more than an experiment in government, more likely to succeed in a new soil, but likely to be tried in all soils, which must stand or fall on its own merits as others have done before it.
All free governments, whatever their name, are in reality governments by public opinion, and it is on the quality of this public opinion that their prosperity depends.
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 United Kingdom
England, in the southeast part of the British Isles, is separated from Scotland on the north by the granite Cheviot Hills; from them the Pennine chain of uplands extends south through the center of England, reaching its highest point in the Lake District in the northwest.
In England, the great poverty and discontent caused by the war were intensified by the Black Death, a plague that reduced the population by about one-third.
England - England, the largest and most populous portion of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern...
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 THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
Birmingham is England's second largest city with a population of around one million.
Until the discovery, in the Middle Ages of coal and iron nearby, Birmingham was a relatively small town.
Birmingham is a diverse city with modern and impressive skyscrapers and fascinating areas rich in history just waiting for the visitor to discover.
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 The Birmingham Post (England): Government to examine new video tape of beast of Bodmin moor.@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Government to examine new video tape of beast of Bodmin moor.
New video footage of what is claimed to be a "big cat" roaming Bodmin moor is to form part of a dossier of sightings to be submitted to the Government for examination by experts.
The 20 seconds of footage claiming to show a fl 3ft 6ins long animal will be shown publicly for the first time by Newquay Zoo curator Mr...
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 Pakistan News PakTribune.Com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
SCBA dismissed governments 's propaganda that citizens would be protected from character assassination through defamatory statements adding the law would only protect 'corrupt' elements in corridors of power.
The resolution termed the bill that it is an attempt to ban the essence of freedom of press and equated it an attempt to attack on the integrity of national press.
The resolution further read that the clauses directly pertaining to the journalists should not be amended and government should withdraw the bill by proving its pledges practically that it believed in the freedom of press.
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 Government Offices | West Midlands | Home
We work to deliver, influence and develop government programmes and initiatives in the region on behalf of these departments, by working with relevant organisations to meet local needs.
In July the government announced details on the advice it is seeking from each of the English regions on long term indicative funding allocations for economic development, transport and housing.
The pilot, which is based in Birmingham, is initially testing a joint approach to monitoring and audit for the public funders of community and voluntary sector organisations.
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 University of Birmingham
Current research from the University of Birmingham contributes to the advancement of knowledge and shapes business and industry.
A diverse and stimulating learning community, Birmingham attracts students across a wide range of disciplines both nationally and internationally.
This consultation document was commissioned by the Department of Health with involvement from the Royal College of Physicians of London and the Royal College of General Practitioners.
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 Tolkien's Birmingham. Lord of the Rings author
The Midlands provided inspiration for Middle Earth Birmingham's bid to be European Capital of Culture 2008, and had been quick to exploit the region's links with Tolkien.
Birmingham City Council has extended the opening times of Sarehole Mill, which is now run as a museum and perhaps best project of all is a Tolkien Trail around the city that highlights links with the author to both tourists and people in the region.
Virtual Brum is an unofficial Birmingham UK website about the city which is also known as Brummagem or Brum.
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 The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was founded in 1861 by fourteen gunsmiths in Birmingham, England, to supply ...
The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was founded in 1861 by fourteen gunsmiths in Birmingham, England, to supply arms to the British government during the Crimean War.
The company continued after the conflict but branched out into other fields; in the 1880s the company began to manufacture bicycles and in 1903 the company's first experimental motorcycle was constructed.
The new company, based in Southampton, has a large spares business and has produced a number of limited-edition, retro-styled motorcycles.
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 CIA - The World Factbook -- United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
England - 47 boroughs, 36 counties, 29 London boroughs, 12 cities and boroughs, 10 districts, 12 cities, 3 royal boroughs
House of Lords (highest court of appeal; several Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are appointed by the monarch for life); Supreme Courts of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland (comprising the Courts of Appeal, the High Courts of Justice, and the Crown Courts); Scotland's Court of Session and Court of the Justiciary
Meantime, the government has been speeding up the improvement of education, transport, and health services, at a cost in higher taxes.
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 Birmingham Information - Friendly Government Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Government Offices Yearbook 2004 presents the activities of the Government and the Government...
Government Office for the North East is determined to give the region's young people a...
The US Government Printing office was established by Congress over 130 years ago to act as the in-house printer for Congress,...
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 The Birmingham Post (England): One, two, three, Bore?; It's the biggest job in local government, but can the leader of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Birmingham Post (England): One, two, three, Bore?; It's the biggest job in local government, but can the leader of Birmingham City Council survive yet another attempt to oust him?
Next month, Coun Bore faces the third challenge to his coveted position as leader of Britain's largest local authority in the space of 30 months.
And if the two previous contests are anything to go by, Birmingham City Council's annual Labour group leadership elections on November 5 ought to be a nail-biting affair.
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 Feudalism and medieval life in England
Daily life in medieval England and Wales, including feudalism, and the ties of vassal and lord.
The social structure of the Middle Ages was organized round the system of Feudalism.
Feudalism in practice meant that the country was not governed by the king but by individual lords, or barons, who administered their own estates, dispensed their own justice, minted their own money, levied taxes and tolls, and demanded military service from vassals.
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The first task the government has to tackle, I would have thought, seems to be to clear the city of its recently acquired surplus population most of whom do not belong here.
A government, which does not have the guts to take decisive action on such an issue, is content to see us designated last country on the scale.
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 1891census birmingham england - bond government index - north police scanner wales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) : Government's V-men all mouth and no trousers. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Start / S / Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) / March 28, 1999 / Government's V-men all mouth and no trousers.
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 University of Birmingham - Birmingham Business School
With over 80 lecturing and research staff – many internationally recognised authorities in their fields – we teach and research in all the major business subject areas.
As well as contributing to academic debate worldwide, our faculty are consulted by the media, industry and Government on a range of issues.
The School is one of only 13 UK Business Schools to be included in the Financial Times global top 100 MBA rankings, and is also in the global top 50 of the MBA rankings by the Economist Intelligence Unit; in 2004/05 our MBA was ranked the UK's number one programme by the EIU.
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 Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) : Tory government rapped on selff. @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Start / S / Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) / August 09, 1998 / Tory government rapped on selff.
JOHN Major's Government came under attack from MPs today for its handling of the sale of the rolling stock leasing companies which resulted in the taxpayer losing almost pounds 1 billion and a handful of former British Rail managers becoming multi-millio naires.
Criticising the former Tory Government, the report said: "These failings resulted in a loss of proceeds to the taxpayer and enabled a small number of
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