Statement on Equal Pay Settlement Tuesday, 14 October, 2025 Responding to the announcement that the Council has finally made a settlement agreement for Equal Pay, Cllr Robert Alden (Con, Erdington), Leader of the Opposition and Birmingham Local Conservatives, said: The Council created this Equal Pay liability of £760 million in botched deals to end bin strikes in 2017 and 2019. They were instructed to end the equal pay liabilities and settle payments by... Articles
Crucial target date for solving equal pay missed 3rd December 2024 Birmingham City Council’s ongoing Equal Pay crisis has further developed, as in today’s Full Council meeting, the Labour Administration admitted it will fail to... Articles
Labour plans to extort country park goers 19th November 2024 Birmingham City Council’s Labour Administration have launched public consultations announcing their intention to bring forward car parking charges in 3 of the... Articles
Labour fail apprentices as £9.5 million is surrendered 15th November 2024 Following revelations that Birmingham City Council has had to return nearly £9.5M in unspent Apprenticeship Levy to the treasury, a report to cabinet on 12... Articles
Delayed SEND report leaves parents feeling like an expensive problem 12th November 2024 The Department for Education (DfE) intervened in Birmingham City Council's SEND services in October 2021 after a 2021 inspection found that nearly all critical... Articles
Labour Continues to Leave Pensioners out in the Cold 5th November 2024 Birmingham Labour have today voted down calls to support pensioners facing the government's winter fuel allowance cut and declined an invitation to jointly... Articles
Birmingham Local Conservatives call for Council to support pensioners in wake of Winter Fuel Allowance cut. 4th November 2024 Up to 117,224 pensioners in receipt of winter fuel payments may lose the annual universal payment now that means-testing has been introduced for the first time... Articles
Denial of call-in forces through Labour budget decision despite pleas of service users 23rd October 2024 Despite significant concerns from opposition councillors and local residents to plans to cut day centres in Birmingham, a request to “call in” the Labour... Articles
No full-time library to remain as Birmingham Labour’s demolition of library service continues 22nd October 2024 Birmingham City Council has published revised plans today to make cuts to the City’s library service. The new plans include the removal of all BCC funding from... Articles
Government commissioners say it clear – Birmingham City Council’s fundamental problems sit with the Labour Administration’s political leadership 22nd October 2024 Government Commissioners have published their first formal report into Birmingham City Council, since their appointment last October. The report is clear on... Articles
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