Birmingham Local Conservatives Pledge to Scrap Kings Heath LTN Tuesday, 22 July, 2025 Today, Birmingham City Council decided they will plough ahead, spending £2m making the Kings Heath & Moseley LTN (Places for People scheme) permanent. This is despite the fact that the full evaluation of the 5-year pilot has yet to even be carried out and will only take place after the LTN has been made permanent. This will be the first time the impact of the scheme is fully assessed despite... Articles
DBS Failures At Home School Transport Service … Yet Again 24th August 2021 Despite repeated reassurance that the crucial DBS checking and monitoring system have been overhauled and promises that there will be no repeat of last year’s... Articles
Call for utility companies to pay per day for roads they close 28th July 2021 The idea of lane rental schemes involves highway authorities charging any works promoter carrying out any works in the street for the time those works occupy... Articles
Council Fails To Hit Its Own Affordable Housing Requirement 20th July 2021 Birmingham 2022 – Update on the Perry Barr Regeneration Scheme Cabinet Papers show how Birmingham Labour’s flagship scheme only delivers a 22% mix of affordable... Articles
Bee Friendly Bus Shelters Pledge 16th July 2021 The Conservative Group have pledged to introduce bee-friendly bus shelters if the group take control in 2022. The announcement is also made alongside the pledge... Articles
Council Fines Itself For Breaching Clean Air Zone 13th July 2021 In response to questions raised by Conservative Councillors at Full Council today, the City Council have confirmed that their fleet and waste vehicles have been... Articles
Councillor calls for Euro 2020 fan zone 8th July 2021 Cllr Simon Morrall calls for City Council to allow the showing of the Euro 2020 Final Match this Sunday in a dedicated fan zone. Following the England win... Articles
Number 11 Bus Route changed after 95 years in service. 25th June 2021 A briefing note from TfWM has said that “ The reliability of service 11 has significantly deteriorated in recent months due to long term roadworks in Perry Barr... Articles
Cabinet Member refuses to apologise for not providing hot meals to city’s kids 24th June 2021 Only a few weeks into being elected Cllr Dominic Stanford has been able to resolve the long-term issue of hot school meal provision for two local schools in... Articles
Birmingham Labour Commonwealth Games claims in tatters as village scrapped 11th August 2020 Labour run Birmingham City Council’s plans for an Athletes Village for the Commonwealth Games in 2022 have been abandoned with the Government stepping in to... Articles
How we're funding our vital public services 4th September 2019 Labour left behind a bankrupt Britain. But we came together as a country to fix it. And thanks to the hard work of the British people, we can now turn the page... National News
We’re giving a £14 billion cash boost to schools across the UK 1st September 2019 The Prime Minister has announced that we are investing an extra £14 billion in schools. National News
We’re injecting £1.8 billion more into our hospitals 5th August 2019 As part the Conservatives’ healthcare policy commitment to strengthening our NHS, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a £1.8 billion cash injection to... National News
People in Brecon and Radnorshire voted for the Brexit Party. Now Brecon’s got a remain MP 2nd August 2019 Only the Conservatives or the Lib Dems could have won in Brecon & Radnorshire. And the majority of people voted for parties who want to leave the EU. But now... National News
How We’re Investing in Young Peoples’ Mental Health 17th July 2019 With half of all lifetime cases of mental health disorders beginning by the age of 14, bridging the gap between education and NHS services is vital to improve... National News
