Brummies hit with ANOTHER double whammy of fewer services for higher council tax. Tuesday, 21 January, 2025 Today at Birmingham City Council Cabinet Committee, the Council has confirmed council tax is going up by 10% again next year. The Labour Cabinet also revealed that their budget gap for next year has gone from a forecasted £67 million in savings needed in 2025/2026 before the Autumn budget to at least £153 million savings now needed in 2025/2026. This means residents will be hit with another double... Articles
Labour-led Birmingham City Council offer hazardous substandard social housing. “…biggest Slum Landlord in Birmingham” 12th December 2022 The current Labour Leader in Birmingham has presided over a period of decline in which our housing stock has gone backwards rather than forwards. The... Local News
Birmingham Labour continues to fail residents on bins say Labour's own working group! 23rd November 2022 A working group of 10 Labour Council members presented their results in an internal report to the Labour leadership. They occasionally had to compare... Articles
Local Conservatives call for SEND services to be placed in Trust as Labour-led Birmingham City Council continues to fail local children 15th November 2022 Birmingham Local Conservatives have repeatedly called for services for children with additional needs to be placed in a trust following years of continuous and... 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
How our Bounce Back Loans will boost small businesses affected by coronavirus 28th April 2020 Small businesses will benefit from a new fast-track finance scheme providing loans with a 100% government-backed guarantee for lenders, the Chancellor announced... National News
Boris Johnson: If we keep going, we will beat coronavirus together 27th April 2020 The Prime Minister has returned to Downing Street to lead the country in tackling coronavirus. He lays out the five tests for when we are moving to phase two of... National News
Coronavirus testing available to all essential workers 24th April 2020 All essential workers in England and members of their households who are showing symptoms of coronavirus will now be able to get tested. National News
Our Future Fund for supporting innovative British businesses 21st April 2020 We’re supporting start-ups by delivering £250m of new government funding to innovative businesses across the United Kingdom. National News
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
