Alex and fellow councillors use formal call-in powers to halt a decision that would have put vulnerable children at risk
Birmingham City Council’s plans to overhaul its home-to-school assisted transport service for children aged 0 to 25 were stopped in their tracks after Alex, alongside fellow Conservative Councillor Robert Alden, formally called in the decision. The scrutiny panel found that the council had acted inconsistently and that the process was flawed — and on that basis, the decision was blocked. For the families of children with special educational needs who relied on the service and had been dreading what the changes would mean in practice, it was a genuine victory. Alex had been pressing the council on transport failures for years, and this was the moment that formal accountability delivered a real result.
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