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
Boris Johnson: I will cut taxes for working people 20th November 2019 A Conservative majority Government will cut taxes for millions of working people on low and middle incomes, the Prime Minister has announced. National News
Get Brexit done to support British farmers 20th November 2019 The Conservatives are committing today to protect funding for British farmers, enabling them to take full advantage of the opportunities of Brexit. National News
We are committed to securing justice for victims 20th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will introduce an ambitious package of measures to support the victims of crime, the party has announced today. National News
Boris Johnson won the first Leaders' Debate 20th November 2019 Tonight Boris Johnson set out the choice facing voters at this election – a majority Government that can get Brexit done so the country can move on, or yet... National News
“We will empower police to tackle scourge of violent knife crime,” pledges PM 19th November 2019 A Boris Johnson majority government would take a tough new approach to tackling knife crime and serious violence. National News
Life will mean life for child murderers 19th November 2019 Adults who murder children will be imprisoned for life, without parole, under tough new justice plans to be introduced by a Conservative majority Government. National News
