Birmingham Budget Row: Labour’s Record Shows They Cannot Be Trusted
Speech · Full Council On 24 February 2026, Birmingham City Council held its annual budget-setting meeting. Council leader John Cotton opened proceedings by declaring that…
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Complete ‘Financial Chaos’ – Labour Council’s Incompetence to cost £760m over equal pay inaction
Yesterday, the council announced that the council will have to pay up to £760 million to settle equal pay claims despite knowing for years, and…
Read more →Arrests after reports of FGM in unregistered Birmingham School
Three men have been arrested in connection with reports of #FGM offences at an unregistered Birmingham school. While investigations are continuing I will be following…
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No Waste Collections; No Accountability; No Transparency
Appalling scenes at our Birmingham City Council Full Council meeting this evening where the Birmingham Labour Group repeatedly blocked efforts by the Liberal Democrats and…
Read more →‘F off back to China’ and other abuse suffered by British-Chinese people in Birmingham
Alex speaks out about the racism that the British-Chinese community faces daily, and that goes largely unreported and unaddressed The Birmingham Mail reported on the…
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Home to School Transport Failures Roll On
This September start of term has seen yet another catastrophic start of term for hundreds of children across the city with special educational needs of…
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Birmingham City of Sanctuary
“Nobody is here without a struggle. We all came here from somewhere”. Proud to have been one of the Councillors seconding the motion for Birmingham…
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How Safe are our Children?
A full independent inquiry is to take place into the council’s home to school transport service after it was revealed that SEVEN children were taken…
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Council Tax Refunds for Missed Waste Collections- Rejected twice by Labour
Two sets of bin strikes paralysed the city from 2017 ending only in March this year. Do you remember the inconvenience and mess for this…
Read more →Repairs hope for Birmingham’s “worst road”
Alex pushes for long-overdue action on a road that residents have described as an embarrassment and a danger A road in Birmingham that locals had…
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