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
UK economic growth continues – record numbers are in full time work 16th September 2019 New figures show that the UK economy continues to grow and wages continue to rise. With more people in full-time jobs than ever before, more people have the... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy is just chaos and indecision 12th September 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has been calling for a general election for years. Yet he now can’t decide if he wants a general election or not. All we can be sure about is that... National News
How a Conservative immigration policy attracts the best and brightest 11th September 2019 The Prime Minister has announced plans to help the best and brightest international students start careers in the UK.We’re changing our immigration rules – so... National News
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
