TORIES BLOW WHISTLE ON "DODGY" TAXI DEAL Sunday, 20 June, 2021 Proof positive that Labour Sandwell council has learned nothing from past scandals and continues dubious practices was revealed last week. The latest, Labour leader of the council was forced, at the last minute, to pull a contract which was due to be nodded through at the council’s cabinet meeting in order that the process by which the deal had been made should be investigated. The deal was for... Local News
"UP THE WORKERS" SAY LOCAL LABOUR COUNCILLORS 10th March 2018 One of the more outrageous claims of the Labour party is that it represents the interests of working people. Well, Sandwell’s Labour party under the... Local News
SKIDDER WASTES POLICE TIME 9th March 2018 Julian Saunders, aka the Sandwell Skidder, confesses to wasting police time. The celebrated blogger tells us he took up the time of two police officers from the... Local News
PAUPER SPLASHES THE CASH 27th February 2018 Cllr. Eling, Sandwell’s Labour leader, has a favourite tune “Buddy can you spare a dime”. Endlessly, he whinges about government “cuts” yet boasts that Sandwell... Local News
CHILDREN SUFFER 30th January 2018 From the cradle to the grave, Sandwell’s Labour council fails its people. On the day that the latest Ofsted report on the council’s Childrens’ Service was... Local News
A PLAYGROUND BULLY? 28th January 2018 Even as Cllr. Eling denies a culture of bullying at Sandwell council, one of his minions resorts to it. Surjit Tour, monitoring officer and head of legal at... Local News
GO ELING, GO 26th January 2018 The stench from the Sandwell swamp reached Westminster yesterday when James Morris MP in a Parliamentary debate called for the resignation of Sandwell Labour... Local News
JUGGLING THE FIGURES 17th January 2018 Last night’s Sandwell council meeting was chiefly concerned with next year’s budget, the projected 4.99% rise in council tax and how that particular pill might... Local News
FAILING STANDARDS 16th January 2018 The Sandwell Standards hearing against Cllr Mahboob Hussain has ended. Its result, never in doubt, (considering the resources which the council lavished on its... Local News
NO PUNCH BUT THE SHOW GOES ON 9th January 2018 Yesterday, despite the failure of Cllr. Mahboob Hussain to appear before it, the Standards Committee of Sandwell council decided to proceed to deal with the... Local News
Amanda Milling: ‘The PM still has support of Red Wall despite locking down the North’ 19th September 2020 Amanda Milling, chairwoman of the Conservative party, is wincing at the memory of being a government whip at the height of last year’s parliamentary paralysis... National News
Independent Investigation into Discrimination reaches second phase 18th September 2020 The Independent Investigation into Discrimination within the Conservative party reaches its second phase: the public call for evidence. National News
Prime Minister’s statement on protecting the Union: Speech in Full 14th September 2020 The Prime Minister sets out the case for the Internal Market Bill, which would secure free trade inside of the United Kingdom once we exit the transition period... National News
UK and Japan agree historic free trade agreement 14th September 2020 This deal will boost trade between our two countries by £15.2 billion, creating jobs and delivering new opportunities across every part of the United Kingdom. National News