No-Confidence Vote a “Nail in the Coffin of Democracy” as Labour Refuses to Accept Council’s Democratic Decision Tuesday, 31 March, 2026 Birmingham Local Conservatives have today warned that Labour’s refusal to respect last week’s decisive no-confidence vote is a clear and dangerous signal that the party will not accept the democratic will of the council if it ends up in no overall control after the May elections. If Birmingham Labour refuse to accept a no-confidence vote, will they accept a hung Council? Councillor Robert Alden... ArticlesLocal News
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
Labour parks sale shock to cover £18m black hole 15th July 2019 The Labour Birmingham City Council plans to sell off even more park land than first thought to cover an £18m black-hole in its budget as financial mismanagement... Articles
Birmingham Labour rejected calls from residents for bin compensation instead vote to close meeting 45 minutes early to prevent debate. 10th July 2019 Labour run Birmingham City Council have rejected calls from residents and the Conservative Opposition Group to provide compensation to residents where they have... Articles
Labour’s NHS policy descends into chaos 13th November 2019 Labour’s own research into shorter working hours has warned that a 35 hour week would hit hospitals and cause staff shortages. National News
12 Questions to Boris Johnson 12th November 2019 Boris Johnson's funny moments come up a lot in his general election broadcast, but the message is clear. National News
Only the Conservatives can be trusted to deliver jobs 12th November 2019 Since we came into office, we have fixed Labour’s mess and broken employment records.The number of people in full-time jobs is at a record high; we’ve taken the... National News
10 ways Labour would wreck our economy 12th November 2019 A Corbyn government means wasteful spending that would wreck the economy and dangerous plans to seize control of private businesses – at huge expense to the... National News
Workers to lose a month’s wages in higher taxes to pay for Corbyn’s reckless spending plans 12th November 2019 New research reveals that Labour’s reckless spending plans could hand an additional £2,400 bill to every taxpayer every year if Jeremy Corbyn becomes Prime... National News
Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party can't be trusted on national security 11th November 2019 Just like they haven’t been able to decide on Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party can’t be trusted not to dither on fundamental matters of national security... National News
