Birmingham Local Conservatives to Lead Scrutiny of Birmingham Council after coming second in the contest to be Leader of Birmingham City Council Friday, 5 June, 2026 At Birmingham City Council’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), the Conservative Group put itself forward to lead the Council, believing it possesses the experience, knowledge and skills needed to tackle Birmingham’s challenges, restore financial stability, clean up the city and provide the leadership residents deserve. While Birmingham Local Conservatives, came second ahead of Reform in the vote for... 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
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
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