Birmingham’s street-cleaning plan “built on wishful thinking”, Conservatives warn Friday, 11 September, 2026 Birmingham’s street-cleaning plan “built on wishful thinking”, Conservatives warn Council officers admit they are “appalled” by current service as questions mount over whether Birmingham is doing enough to clean up its streets Birmingham Conservatives have warned that the city’s plans to tackle dirty streets and fly-tipping risk failure unless street cleaning is made a genuine priority. At... Local News
DBS Failures At Home School Transport Service … Yet Again 24th August 2021 Despite repeated reassurance that the crucial DBS checking and monitoring system have been overhauled and promises that there will be no repeat of last year’s... Articles
Call for utility companies to pay per day for roads they close 28th July 2021 The idea of lane rental schemes involves highway authorities charging any works promoter carrying out any works in the street for the time those works occupy... Articles
Council Fails To Hit Its Own Affordable Housing Requirement 20th July 2021 Birmingham 2022 – Update on the Perry Barr Regeneration Scheme Cabinet Papers show how Birmingham Labour’s flagship scheme only delivers a 22% mix of affordable... Articles
Bee Friendly Bus Shelters Pledge 16th July 2021 The Conservative Group have pledged to introduce bee-friendly bus shelters if the group take control in 2022. The announcement is also made alongside the pledge... Articles
Council Fines Itself For Breaching Clean Air Zone 13th July 2021 In response to questions raised by Conservative Councillors at Full Council today, the City Council have confirmed that their fleet and waste vehicles have been... 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
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has opened for applications 21st April 2020 The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has opened for applications – and will provide support for millions of businesses and employees across the UK. National News
Why we’re extending the Coronavirus lockdown 17th April 2020 The Government announced that the social distancing measures currently in place to tackle the coronavirus will continue for at least the next three weeks. National News
Our £750 million support package for charities during the Coronavirus outbreak 9th April 2020 This Government’s announced an unprecedented £750 million package of support for charities – ensuring they can continue their vital work during the coronavirus... National News
Business Secretary Alok Sharma: we'll tackle Coronavirus together 6th April 2020 The Business Secretary, Alok Sharma, wrote for The Sun on Sunday thanking workers and businesses for their support during the coronavirus pandemic. National News
Read the Queen's Coronavirus address in full 6th April 2020 The Queen speaks to the nation about the challenges we are facing as a country in the weeks ahead. National News
Boris Johnson invites Party leaders to come together to tackle Coronavirus 4th April 2020 Boris Johnson has written to all leaders of opposition parties to invite them to work together at this moment of national emergency. National News
