Labour Still Refuses to Listen: Conservatives Continue Fight Against Damaging Park Parking Charges Monday, 2 June, 2025 Birmingham Local Conservatives have expressed serious disappointment following Labour members’ rejection of the call-in against parking charges at city parks, despite clear and overwhelming opposition from residents. Charges introduced at Cannon Hill Park in 2017 have increased dramatically, by 88%, including a recent 25% hike in the past two years alone. Conservatives, warning that Cannon Hill... Articles
45% of Exempt Accommodation in Birmingham fails to meet quality standards, as Labour Administration continue to fail on housing. 22nd March 2024 Yet again this Labour administration is found wanting with residents living in the City. A recent report has highlighted that 45% of the exempt accommodation in... Articles
Birmingham Local Conservatives respond to Cabinet Member for Finance resignation 22nd March 2024 Cllr Brigid Jones (Lab, Bournbrook & Selly Park) announced her resignation from Birmingham City Council yesterday. Cllr Jones was the Cabinet Member for finance... Articles
Birmingham Local Conservatives’ response to the announcement of the exit of Chief Executive from Birmingham City Council 13th March 2024 Cllr Robert Alden (Con, Erdington), Leader of the Opposition and Birmingham Local Conservatives said, “We thank Deborah Cadman for her service in her time in... Articles
Labour Cabinet no-show meeting to help address the financial crisis at Birmingham City Council. 1st March 2024 Thursday's Cabinet-property meeting was suspended as the required number of Labour members to be quorate failed to attend. With both the Leader and the Cabinet... Articles
Tenants charged for non-existent communal areas 1st March 2024 Social Tenants across the city have been served a notice of increases to their social rent which included an unexpected item. A charge for “communal area... Articles
£306 per a minute - The price of Labour's inaction 29th February 2024 In June 2023, it was revealed that Birmingham Labour had for months been keeping secret an equal pay liability of potentially £760 million. This colossal figure... Articles
Damning report shows Labour-led Birmingham City Council is STILL failing social housing tenants! 23rd February 2024 On Thursday the 22nd of February, the Housing Ombudsman released a Press Statement and published an article on their website, detailing their findings of 6... Articles
A dark day for Birmingham, as Labour propose "the worse budget ever"! 20th February 2024 Last night, Birmingham Labour published their budget proposal ahead of the March 5th full council meeting where councillors decide if they will vote for or... Articles
Birmingham Local Conservatives seek to secure date for public inquiry into equal pay crisis 31st January 2024 Birmingham Local Conservatives have submitted a motion to January’s full council meeting at Birmingham City Council calling for the dates of the planned public... Articles
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News