Fears Increase Over Maypole Youth Centre as Community Kept in the Dark about TakeOver 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 […] Read more » Birmingham Green Party budget cuts Youth Centres
Labour Councillors Vote Down Challenge to Library Cuts 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 […] Read more » budget cuts libraries
Greens push for more cash for Libraries, Cleaner Streets, and Youth Centres 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 […] Read more » Birmingham Green Party budget cuts
Greens demand answers on library decision delay 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 […] Read more » Birmingham Green Party budget cuts libraries
Birmingham Greens Call on Labour Government to fund Birmingham fairly and save its services 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 […] Read more » Birmingham Green Party budget cuts
