Labour wave white flag on Exempt Accommodation Tuesday, 17 February, 2026 Birmingham is facing a crisis in exempt accommodation, and now vital funding to tackle rogue providers is being withdrawn. Leader of the Opposition and Birmingham Local Conservatives, Cllr Robert Alden (Con, Erdington) has today written to Matthew Pennycook MP, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, urging the government to reverse this decision and to finally take the action needed to bring... ArticlesLocal 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
City Auditors Slam Labour Administration's Poor Value For Money 26th September 2017 As a part of the annual audit, the City's external auditors are required to make a judgement as to whether the Labour administration delivers value for money to... Local News
Fortnightly bin collections are not good enough! 22nd September 2017 With the strike action for waste collection currently suspended whilst the Labour Council and Unite the Union battle it out in court, for the next six weeks at... Local News
Birmingham Conservative group responds to High Court ruling 20th September 2017 The judge was today asked to rule in what he has described as an ‘unusual’ and ‘very remarkable case’ resulting from an ‘internal rift within the council.’... Local News
Cowardly Clancy cancels cabinet 31st August 2017 The Labour leader of Birmingham City Council has cancelled the Cabinet meeting planned for Sept 1st which was due to resolve the bin strike in Birmingham. This... Local News
Labour Leader's Unite union deal in tatters - Opposition call on him to resign 23rd August 2017 Labour Leader of Birmingham City Council Cllr John Clancy has seen his authority crumble during the last week, since the announcement he had personally overseen... Local News
Human Rights 4th October 2016 Aston Ward Conservative Candidate Mr Jahid Choudhury organised a Human Rights meeting at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham. Jahid, who has a... Local News
Less safe, more strain, fewer opportunities – new analysis reveals what will happen to your child’s education under Corbyn 29th November 2019 New analysis has revealed the true threat of Corbyn’s Labour to our country’s schools. National News
Only the Conservatives will protect standards in our schools 28th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will give Ofsted greater powers and more money to improve discipline in classrooms and bolster school standards, under new... National News
Ed Miliband falsely claiming to back Brexit to his leave voting constituents 28th November 2019 On the day it emerged that Labour are relaunching their general election campaign strategy to focus on leave voting areas, it can be revealed that their former... National News
Conservatives to launch new plan to tackle addiction 28th November 2019 A Conservative majority Government will launch a new initiative to drive down drug related deaths and tackle addiction head on, Health Secretary Matt Hancock... National News
To unleash our full potential, we need women more than ever 28th November 2019 On the 100th anniversary of the first female MP taking her seat in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has celebrated the contribution of female... National News
Jeremy Corbyn’s policy of continuing free movement with the EU would cost over £4 billion in benefits 27th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to continue free movement with EU countries would cost DWP over £4 billion in extra benefit costs over the... National News
