Local Conservatives Welcome Major Victory as Birmingham City Council Set to Drop Green Belt Threat Tuesday, 21 July, 2026 Conservative Campaign backed by more than 5,500 residents helps protect Sutton Coldfield’s and Birmingham’s Green Belt Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield Local Conservatives have welcomed Birmingham City Council’s decision to remove plans to redesignate 21 Green Belt sites including 17 in Sutton Coldfield as “grey belt”, marking a major victory for local residents and a campaign that has united the... Local News
Conservatives call on City Council to ditch 'crazy' rollout plan during bin strike. 12th March 2025 The Opposition Shadow Cabinet at Birmingham City Council has called on the ruling Labour group to ditch their plan to roll out fortnightly bin collections from... Articles
Alternative Budget 2025 - The Conservative Plan for a Cleaner City 3rd March 2025 Birmingham’s Labour Councillors face a stark choice in this year’s budget : hit residents with a double whammy of higher taxes and fewer services – or adopt... Articles
Labour’s Bin Chaos Escalates – Strikes Now 5 Days a Week 26th February 2025 Unite the Union has announced an escalation of strike action to an “all-out” strike five days a week, plunging the city further into chaos as Labour’s inability... Articles
Oracle Public Interest Report lays bare failures on Labour-Administration 20th February 2025 The long-awaited Public Interest Report on Birmingham Labour’s butchered rollout of the Oracle IT system has been published today, exposing the full extent of... Articles
Update: Labour councillors vote to cut library services for 5th time. 13th February 2025 Labour councillors have voted to uphold their devastating cuts to library services , despite a cross-party call-in challenging their decision. This means... Articles
Birmingham Local Conservatives Demand Transparency Over Child Safeguarding Risks Following Birmingham Council Budget Cuts 9th February 2025 Cllr Adam Higgs (Con, Highters Heath), Shadow Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Families, has written to Cabinet Member for Children, Young People &... Articles
Council Leader Caught Misleading Residents 3rd February 2025 On the 13th of December, after seeing the local government settlement, Councillor John Cotton and his Labour Administration personally asked for council tax to... Articles
Bankrupt Council holds back nearly £40m in schools’ funding 30th January 2025 Almost 9 out of 10 requests for additional support for children with Special Educational Needs (SEND) are turned down whilst the Council sits on a pile of cash... Articles
Labour scupper attempts to protect family homes and tackle badly run exempt accommodation 28th January 2025 On the 28th of January, a motion was brought to Birmingham City Council’s meeting of Full Council by opposition councillors calling for the acceleration of the... Articles
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News