6th March 2025 by joepeacock
Maypole Youth Centre in Druids Heath is earmarked for transfer to a community organisation as part of a transformation of Birmingham City Council’s Youth Services. However, a couple of months on from the announcement, there are still no details about who will take it on and when they will start running it. Green Councillor Julien […]
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5th March 2025 / 5th March 2025 by joepeacock
Labour Councillors on the Council’s Neighbourhood Overview & Scrutiny Committee today voted down a call in request challenging the Council Cabinet’s decision to slash Library opening hours and potentially close 7 libraries from Green Party Councillor Julien Pritchard and Independent Councillor Martin Brooks. The Neighbourhood Overview & Scrutiny Committee, which has a majority of Labour […]
4th March 2025 / 4th March 2025 by joepeacock
Birmingham’s Green Party Councillors tried to protect some of the city’s most important services with their amendment to the Budget at the council meeting on Tuesday March 4th. Green Party Councillors Julien Pritchard and Rob Grant proposed an amendment to put funding back into Libraries, Youth Centres and street cleaning after they were cut from […]
17th February 2025 / 17th February 2025 by joepeacock
Green Party Councillor Julien Pritchard and Independent Councillor Martin Brooks have submitted a call-in request to challenge the Labour Cabinet’s decision to slash Library opening hours and potentially close 7 libraries. The councillors are asking the Neighbourhoods Overview & Scrutiny to call in the decision, which pushes the Labour Cabinet to look again at the […]
6th February 2025 / 6th February 2025 by joepeacock
The latest news on the Labour Council’s Bin Strikes is not good for Birmingham residents. The strikes are getting worse and they will now be taking place 3 days a week for the next two months. Because of this, our Labour-run Council is suspending recycling collections, and paid-for bulky waste collections. Instead of that, their […]
29th January 2025 / 31st January 2025 by joepeacock
Labour Council Leader refuses to deny decision is due to Commissioners demanding greater cuts to Library Service At Tuesday’s Full Meeting of the City Council, Green Party Councillor Julien Pritchard asked the Council’s Labour Leader why the decision on libraries had been delayed from January’s Council Cabinet meeting to February. Cllr Pritchard also asked whether […]
10th July 2024 / 31st January 2025 by joepeacock
At last night’s City Council meeting, Birmingham Green Party Councillors proposed an amendment to a Conservative motion on the Council’s financial crisis. The Green Party amendment highlighted that efficiencies won’t be enough to bridge the deep budget cuts being proposed, and that to avoid deep cuts to services that will harm Birmingham residents, that the […]
9th May 2024 / 9th June 2024 by joepeacock
Birmingham City Council have this week launched their Masterplan for the regeneration of Druids Heath. The draft plans show how the area will be changed over the next 15-20 years. They include the demolition of all the homes in the south and north east of the estate in several phases. This week is the first […]
21st April 2024 / 9th June 2024 by brumguvnor
Carla Charles and Birmingham Green Party campaigning to send a message on cuts to local services Carla Charles has been selected as the Green Party’s candidate for the upcoming Bournbrook and Selly Park by-election. Carla is an arts educator and runs a local non-profit arts space. She lives locally with her husband and daughter. Carla […]
20th February 2024 / 9th June 2024 by joepeacock
Birmingham Green Party councillors have today called the Labour-run Council’s budget unsafe in response to the release of the detailed Council budget papers. Green Party Group Leader Councillor Julien Pritchard said: “The pain that Birmingham and its residents will have to endure is now finally laid bare and the complete lack of transparency for Birmingham […]
