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
Vote on Thursday to break the gridlock 10th December 2019 Two days before polling day, the Prime Minister is taking nothing for granted - whilst the Conservatives only need to gain 9 seats to get an overall majority... National News
Cost of Corbyn: Labour's plans for 108 new taxpayer funded quangos revealed 10th December 2019 New analysis shows that Labour’s manifesto commits to creating over 100 new quangos, with a total cost of £13.2 billion over the next five years. National News
Brexit, actually 9th December 2019 Boris Johnson's funny election advert parodies Love Actually but makes an important point: this election is too close to call. National News
Revealed: Labour’s plan to make our streets less safe 9th December 2019 Labour’s opposition to stop and search would increase crime on our streets, putting frontline officers and communities at risk. National News
Sport investment will get us ready for the World Cup bid 7th December 2019 A Conservative Majority Government will put a £550 million investment in grassroots football at the centre of its plans to back a UK and Ireland World Cup 2030... National News
Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to rig a second EU referendum 6th December 2019 The Prime Minister has written a letter urging Jeremy Corbyn to reconsider his Brexit policy and his plans to fiddle Labour’s second Brexit referendum. National News
