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
Boris launches campaign pledging to unleash Britain's potential 6th November 2019 Boris Johnson set out his pitch for the country. Get Brexit done. Focus on our priorities. Unleash Britain’s potential. National News
We’re ready for a General Election 31st October 2019 We’re holding a general election on 12 December – so we can elect a new Parliament, get Brexit done and let the country move on. National News
A new deal: getting Brexit done and taking back control 17th October 2019 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has negotiated a new deal – this is a real Brexit deal which ensures that we take back control. This new deal ensures that we take... National News
See where we're hiring police officers in your area 9th October 2019 The Home Office has today confirmed the officer recruitment targets for every police force in England and Wales for the first year of the unprecedented drive to... National News
What Boris Johnson’s proposed Brexit deal means 4th October 2019 As Boris Johnson has rightly said, we are coming out of the EU on October 31, come what may. MPs promised to respect the result of the referendum. More people... National News
Our education policy is improving the nation’s skills 4th October 2019 When Boris Johnson entered Number 10, one of his first acts was to get more money to our education system. That’s why we’re investing £14 billion in schools... National News
