Birmingham to enter 5th year with no fully functioning finance system as Labour Council Misses Another Deadline as Birmingham’s £170m Finance System Crisis Deepens Thursday, 8 January, 2026 Birmingham City Council has announced yet another delay to its troubled replacement Oracle finance system, confirming that the re‑implementation will not be completed in time for the April 2026 deadline. The earliest it will now be ready is the Summer of 2026, but this could also move depending on how tests go in the coming months. The Council first decided to replace its ERP system in 2015. The... 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
Four year delay to Air Quality Action Plan highlights priorities all wrong for Birmingham Labour as they push ahead with travel tax. 21st July 2020 The Birmingham Conservative Group have slammed Labour run Birmingham City Council, for failing to produce an air quality action plan for over four years... Articles
Birmingham Conservatives have slammed the Labour Council’s plans to introduce a new ‘work tax’ on businesses and employees in the City 7th October 2019 Birmingham Conservatives have slammed the Labour Council’s plans to introduce a new ‘work tax’ on businesses and employees in the City as the City Council... Articles
Birmingham shares in national economic growth booth as number of workless households continue to fall 2nd August 2019 Birmingham shares in national economic growth booth as number of workless households continue to fall Birmingham, along with other cities across the West... Articles
Cllr Robert Alden thanks Erdington Constituency teachers as the summer holidays begin 23rd July 2019 Cllr Robert Alden has paid tribute to teachers across Erdington Constituency as the summer holidays begin. Their hard work means that more children are gaining... Articles
Council admits unaware of serious safeguarding issues as home to school transport contract collapses 15th July 2019 A report to Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet today (15 July 2019) highlights how Labour run Birmingham City Council extended the contract for home to school... Articles
Boris Johnson’s speech outside Downing Street 13th December 2019 Boris Johnson delivered his first speech outside No. 10 Downing Street since the General Election. He told the UK how he would form a people’s Government... National News
Enough is enough. Vote Conservative and let’s get it done. 12th December 2019 In his polling day message to voters, the Prime Minister asks the public to vote Conservative. National News
Cost of Corbyn’s Christmas – Corbyn would make your family Christmas cost a third more 11th December 2019 New analysis has revealed that the cost of Christmas across Britain would increase substantially under Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour. National News
The choice tomorrow 11th December 2019 With voting to begin at 7am on Thursday, opinion polls say the election is too close to call - the Conservatives need 9 more seats for a majority, but... National News
Vote on Thursday to break the gridlock 10th December 2019 Two days before polling day, the Prime Minister is taking nothing for granted - whilst the Conservatives only need to gain 9 seats to get an overall majority... National News
Cost of Corbyn: Labour's plans for 108 new taxpayer funded quangos revealed 10th December 2019 New analysis shows that Labour’s manifesto commits to creating over 100 new quangos, with a total cost of £13.2 billion over the next five years. National News
