It is 50 years since Sandwell was created by merging the County Boroughs of Warley and West Bromwich. This created an artificial borough containing Oldbury, Smethwick, Tipton, Rowley Regis, Wednesbury, and West Bromwich. It has been run by various factions of the Labour Party for all but one of its 50 years. Its one year […]

Sandwell already has the lowest level of Green Belt in the Black Country, yet developers still want to encroach into the remaining Green Belt and green spaces we have left. It also has the lowest level of tree cover, with Dudley, Walsall, and Wolverhampton all having a better Tree Equity Score than Sandwell. And only […]

The local Liberal Democrat team is alarmed by the rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia. This is a problem that effects most political parties and has been exasperated by the situation in Gaza, with the use of inflammatory language for Party political expedience. This was most evident in the recent SNP debate in Parliament on a […]

Sandwell desperately needs affordable housing, and in theory most new developments should include at least 10% of affordable housing. Indeed, some of the Sandwell’s Planning Officers would like to require more affordable housing as part of planning approval, but national legislation does not allow them to do so. What is worse, loopholes in housing legislation […]

Several typographical errors in the “masterplan” do not inspire confidence in the professionalism of the consultants. It needed to have been proofread before publication. Did Council Officers or Cabinet Members not review it before it was published? Prominent T LS is a new company, only incorporated five years ago, which also casts some doubt on […]

Post Office bosses continue to avoid being held to account for the prosecution of innocent victims of their faulty Horizon system, they have even tried to pay themselves bonuses for this work. The victims deserve prompt action by the Government to ensure they all have their names cleared and that the perpetrators at the Post […]

Thank you for your support during 2023. We would like to wish all our members and supporters a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  2024 will be a busy year with local elections in May, along with West Midlands Mayoral elections, and quite possibly a General Election. A General Election is not required until […]

– Local hospitals need £104,678,822 to clear their repair backlogs – It comes as the amount needed for hospital repairs across the country reached a record high of £11.6 billion – up over £1 billion on this time last year £104,678,822 is needed to clear Sandwell’s hospital repair backlog, new analysis by the Liberal Democrats has found. It comes as Sandwell […]

Property developer, Wain/Himor have renewed their attempt to build on the Peak House Farm land off Wilderness Lane. You can view details of the proposal and submit comments on it via the link below.Ref: DC/23/68822 Proposed 150 dwellings, a countryside park and associated works Himor’s 2020 proposal to build 1,000 houses on the site was […]

Sandwell Liberal Democrats have submitted the following objections to the proposal to build industrial infrastructure on the Green Belt and Great Barr Conservation Area. (We are also concerned about the effect on Sandwell’s roads.) As Chair of a local Party in Sandwell, I object to this disingenuous proposal to build on Green Belt that is […]