Auditors Grant Thornton have again slammed Labour controlled Birmingham City Council for failing to achieve good value for money. Thursday, 26 November, 2020 The draft Birmingham accounts for the year ended 31st March 2020 were presented to the city’s audit committee yesterday. The auditors have a duty to consider whether a council is providing good value for money with the public funds at its disposal. Two particularly serious instances where the Labour council failed in its duty to provide good value for money were presented to audit committee. The... Local News
Local Campaigner Calls For Longer Library Opening Hours 26th January 2018 Local campaigner Alison Jolley is leading calls for the opening hours at Boldmere Library to be extended whilst the town centre library is closed. The community... Articles
Royal Town’s MP supports charity working to get more Sutton Coldfield children reading 22nd January 2018 Andrew Mitchell MP for Royal Sutton Coldfield, met with BookTrust, the UK’s largest children’s reading charity on Friday 8th of December. They discussed the... Articles
Royal Town’s MP Andrew Mitchell tours local Christmas activities 15th December 2017 Andrew Mitchell MP has spent time in the run up to Christmas in the Royal Town’s Gracechurch Centre, speaking to Suttonians who have been fundraising for... Articles
Positive cooperation on the future of the Sutton Coldfield Cottage Hospital 6th December 2017 To progress his proposals for the future use of the Sutton Coldfield Cottage Hospital, Andrew Mitchell MP has held discussions with the Birmingham Community... Articles
Conservatives Slam Labour Park Charge Plans 5th December 2017 Birmingham's Labour Council have announced that they plan to introduce car parking charges every day in Sutton Park. For somebody who uses the park every day... Articles
Labour Bin Chaos Costs Taxpayers 23rd November 2017 It has been revealed that the recent bin collection chaos cost local taxpayers a shocking £300,000 per week! Money that should be spent in our local community... Articles
Local Headteachers Meet With Schools Minister 20th October 2017 Andrew Mitchell MP arranged for the Schools Minister, Nick Gibb MP, to visit the Royal Town where he met with all of Sutton’s Secondary Headteachers (Neil... Articles
Town Council Supports Remembrance Day Parade 12th October 2017 The Conservative led Royal Sutton Coldfield Town Council has stepped in to support the Royal British Legion Remembrance Day parade in Sutton Coldfield after an... Articles
Stop Labour Grass Cutting Cuts 28th June 2017 Many residents have been in contact to complain about grass verges and green spaces not being maintained. Across the area we have seen overgrown grass... Articles
Our Covid-19 UK Vaccines Delivery Plan 11th January 2021 Today we have published our Covid-19 UK Vaccines Delivery Plan, setting out how we plan to deliver the biggest vaccination programme in British history, to... National News
Stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives 4th January 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has addressed the nation on Coronavirus restrictions. National News
Second Approved Vaccine Begins Rollout Today 4th January 2021 Today, thousands of people across the UK will begin receiving the second vaccine approved by regulators. National News
Deal Done: We have taken back control with our UK-EU trade deal. 30th December 2020 We have secured an excellent deal for the United Kingdom, which delivers on what the British people voted for both in the referendum and the last election. National News
The Prime Minister’s Statement on Coronavirus in Full 19th December 2020 The Prime Minister announces new measures to be taken in London, the South East and the East of England to tackle coronavirus, including new Tier 4 restrictions... National News
First Vaccinations in the UK Against Coronavirus Begin 8th December 2020 Today the first vaccinations in the UK against coronavirus begin. Thank you to our NHS, to all of the scientists who worked so hard to develop this vaccine. National News
