45,000 council houses don't meet Decent Homes Standard Tuesday, 10 December, 2024 Birmingham’s social housing crisis continues to deepen, with just 26.6% of council houses now meeting the Government’s Decent Homes Standard according to shocking new figures released in papers for today’s Cabinet meeting. In May 2023, a report by the Regulator for Social Housing exposed catastrophic failures in Birmingham’s social housing provision, including 17,000 overdue asbestos checks and 23... Articles
Birmingham Labour stopped in plan to create loophole allowing councillors to hide profiting from exempt accommodation 15th November 2022 On the 1st of November 2022, Birmingham Labour attempted to introduce a new loophole that would have allowed councillors to hide links to exempt accommodation... Articles
Eurovision 2023: Call For Birmingham To Host Contest 17th June 2022 Conservative Group Leader on Birmingham City Council, Cllr Robert Alden, has publicly joined the call for Eurovision 2023 to come to Birmingham. With talks... Articles
Catch Up With Our New Councillors... 9th June 2022 We caught up with our three new Councillors, Cllr Richard Parkin (Sutton Reddicap), Cllr Kerry Brewer (Bartley Green) and Cllr Rick Payne (Kingstanding) about... Opinions
Cllr Simon Morrall, Shadow Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Families, comment on the SEND Commissioners Report 20th May 2022 The newly appointed Shadow Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Families, Cllr Simon Morrall (Frankley Great Park, Conservative), has responded to the... Local News
A Week In Review... 20th May 2022 It has been a busy week this week as the Group prepares for the Annual Meeting of the City Council next week and Council business begins to get underway. So we... Articles
Cllr Timothy Huxtable welcomes new transformational funding for cheaper, greener and active travel across Birmingham & the West Midlands. 16th May 2022 Cllr Timothy Huxtable has welcomed £17.25 million of Conservative Government funding for new walking and cycling schemes across the West Midlands, cleaning our... Local News
Group Leader responds to re-election of Cllr Ian Ward as Leader of the Labour Group 16th May 2022 Congratulations to Cllr Ian Ward on his re-election as Leader of the Labour Group. In the local elections we campaigned for the City to stop it's focus on just... Opinions
Campaign Launched To Clean Up City's Alleyways 11th January 2022 The Conservative Group on Birmingham City Council have launched a campaign to get the City Council to introduce free cleaning of the City's alleyways where the... Local News
Birmingham City Council features in tables highlighting the worst performers regarding damp and mould in homes. 5th November 2021 In a report by the Housing Ombudsman, Birmingham City Council jointly topped the table which shows those landlords with maladministration findings in relation... Local News
Amanda Milling: 'We’re delivering our manifesto promises against the odds' 24th November 2020 Amanda Milling, Chairman of the Conservative Party, talks about how we're delivering on our 2019 Manifesto pledges against the odds. National News
Our COVID Winter Plan 23rd November 2020 During this period of national restrictions, our COVID Winter Plan will the NHS, keeps children in school and lets the economy get moving again. National News
Our largest boost to our Nation’s Defence in a Generation 19th November 2020 We’re delivering a funding boost of over £24 billion for our nation’s defence. Ensuring we keep our nation safe from the evolving international threats we face. National News
Our Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution 18th November 2020 Today, the Prime Minister has outlined his ten-point plan to bring about a green industrial revolution, creating 250,000 jobs and helping us to build back... National News
More than 19,000 jobs created by Kickstart Scheme 12th November 2020 Today the Chancellor has confirmed that more than 19,000 job placements have been created by our Kickstart Scheme so far – with tens of thousands more expected... National News
The Prime Minister's Statement on the COVID Vaccine in Full 9th November 2020 Read in full the Prime Minister's statement on mass testing progress, the Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine and more. National News
