Labour move to fortnightly bin collections Tuesday, 9 December, 2025 Labour abandons their key 2022 election pledge with move to fortnightly bin collections At today’s meeting of Birmingham City Council’s Cabinet Committee, Labour councillors voted to push through plans to move to fortnightly general waste collections. The move comes as part of a larger programme to implement a redesigned waste collection service in the City, despite agency staff only last week... Articles
Council Agrees To Conservative Demands For Review Of Suspension Process 10th January 2018 The Conservative Group welcome the commitment of the Council to review its processes for handing allegations of staff misconduct following concerns raised by... Local News
Council Budget Consultation launched to fill Labour's funding black hole 12th December 2017 Impact of Labour budget failings revealed Labour controlled Birmingham City Council have today announced plans for how they hope to compensate for their... Local News
Conservatives vow to CANCEL Labour's planned congestion charge 1st December 2017 Birmingham Conservatives have announced they will axe Labour's planned congestion charge if they take control of Birmingham City Council in the all out... Local News
Bin Dispute: Council caves as Labour failures pile costs on Birmingham taxpayers leading to potential fortnightly refuse collections 24th November 2017 Following 221 days of formal dispute with the Unions and a summer of misery for Birmingham residents, which left 22 double decker buses worth of rubbish a week... Local News
Council falls short on budget yet again as overspends continue to mount 13th November 2017 Only in March Birmingham's Labour administration called the 2017/18 budget the ‘most analysed and scrutinised budget that has even been put before the Council’... Local News
Labour Mismanagement Costs Young Brummies £15m Additional Skills Funding 20th October 2017 A report to Cabinet on 24 October shows how Council procurement failings have cost the City region £15m in skills funding at a time it is badly needed. The... Local News
Conservatives welcome PM's commitment to allow Grammar Schools to expand 20th October 2017 The Conservative Group on Birmingham City Council welcomes the comments from Prime Minster Theresa May and School’s minster Nick Gibb, reaffirming the... Local News
Gary Sambrook slams fire safety failings of Birmingham's tower blocks 16th October 2017 The BBC has broadcast an 'Inside Out' documentary, detailing ‘completely avoidable’ and serious failings in the fire safety of Birmingham’s tower blocks... Local News
Protest demands Labour Council drops plans to move to fortnightly refuse collections 2nd October 2017 Ahead of the Labour Council Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, a protest has been held demanding that the Labour Cabinet axe their plans to adopt a new waste strategy... Local News
New National Restrictions in England - Stay at Home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. 1st November 2020 The second coronavirus peak that we have seen around the world has shown us all that we are going to be dealing with the coronavirus for the long-term. National News
An update from the Prime Minister on our fight against coronavirus 31st October 2020 The Prime Minister has updated the country on our next steps in the fight against coronavirus. National News
Our Further Financial Support for Jobs and Businesses 23rd October 2020 We are announcing a package specifically for those businesses which are not forced to close, but face reduced demand due to additional social distancing... National News
How our Culture Recovery Fund is Supporting the Arts 14th October 2020 The Culture Secretary has announced £257 million to help save theatres, arts venues, museums and cultural organisations across England, protecting both jobs and... National News
Boris Johnson’s Update on tackling coronavirus 12th October 2020 We must act now to control the spread of the virus and protect the NHS, so we can keep cancer treatments, elective surgeries and other vital diagnostic services... National News
Conservative Party Conference 2020 speeches 7th October 2020 See speeches from Virtual Conservative Party Conference 2020 outlining how we will build back better from the pandemic. National News
