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Birmingham Greens Call on Labour Government to fund Birmingham fairly and save its services

/ 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 […]

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Fears Increase Over Maypole Youth Centre as Community Kept in the Dark about TakeOver

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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9 photos of different libraries around Birmingham

Labour Councillors Vote Down Challenge to Library Cuts

/ 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 […]

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Birmingham Council House

Greens push for more cash for Libraries, Cleaner Streets, and Youth Centres

/ 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 […]

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As Strikes Escalate, Labour Council says ‘Sort out your own rubbish and recycling’

/ 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 […]

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9 photos of different libraries around Birmingham

Greens demand answers on library decision delay

/ 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 […]

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