Category: Berkeley Group
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Birmingham City Council continues to break their promises to Ladywood residents
The homes of 2,000 Ladywood Residents are at risk of being demolished under a compulsory purchase order. We have been locked out of a key meeting and denied information about what will happen to us. Our questions are sensible. After our homes are demolished, will we be able to live in comparable properties – like…
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Letter to Councillor John Cotton – Berkeley Group bosses were accused of engaging in years of bribery
Berkeley Group is the Developer chosen by Birmingham City Council. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/21/berkeley-group-bosses-were-accused-of-engaging-in-years-of-bribery-allegations-withdrawn-court-settlement https://www.standard.co.uk/business/berkeley-denies-claims-of-bribery-from-former-finance-director-a3997081.html https://www.financeuncovered.org/stories/berkeley-group-bribery-allegations-court-papers https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/berkeley-group-denies-bribery-claims-8xm9nzcg9
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Full video of 27 June cabinet meeting approving compulsory purchase in principle
Watch from 5:27 https://birmingham.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/778000?force_language_code=en_GB Some striking things – our Councillors apparently had no words advocating for our interests, a promise of ‘like for like’ for council properties, and zero mention of what will happen to all the non-council built properties and that are inside the red line
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What have we been told so far?
On 19 June 2023, Cllrs Albert Bore and Kath Hartley wrote to residents stating that St. Joseph was being recommended as a redevelopment partner for the regeneration of central Ladywood. Like the other communications they sent in 2019, this letter did not explicitly state that they planned to demolish existing homes. Some of the 2019…
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Media from 20 July developer meeting
https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/we-need-answers-ladywood-chaos-27365072 Resident from Ashton Croft reflects on the meeting with Councillor Bore on BBC WM Radio https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-66258451 https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/birmingham-ladywood-residents-council-meeting-4227227 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/22-billion-redevelopment-meeting-shambles-27366633 https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/we-need-answers-ladywood-chaos-27365072 Please add your news links in the Discussion below.
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