It looks like Sandwell will switch to fortnightly bin collections for household waste, with alternate weeks for recycling. Typical of Sandwell Labour to try and impose something they should have been encouraging anyway. The limited recycling Sandwell does have was introduced despite resistance from Labour Councillors, so it is no wonder that Sandwell ranks among […]

Sandwell Lib Dems: NHS report is “wake-up call” to rescue health and care services in Oldbury, Smethwick, Rowley, Tipton, Wednesbury, and West BromwichSandwell Lib Dems have said the Lord Darzi report into the state of the NHS must be a wake-up call for the government to rescue health and services in the six towns of […]

Sandwell Lib dems, and Great Barr born former Pensions Minister, urge new Labour Government to consider alternatives to harsh cut to Winter Fuel Payments for vulnerable pensioners.

Liberal Democrat MPs have hit the ground running in Parliament, and Layla Moran and Wendy Chamberlain have put forward Early Day Motions on topics close to our hearts. Layla’s is on the situation in Gaza, and Wendy’s is about justice for WASPI women. (Wendy also has a second motion, on scrapping the 2-child benefit cap.) Peace in Israel and […]

Years of chaos and neglect under this Conservative Government have left the NHS on its knees. The Liberal Democrats have put forward the boldest plan of any party to fix the NHS and care. We would make sure everyone can see a GP when they need one, invest in hospitals and ambulance services, and fix […]

Sandwell Liberal Democrats have selected former MP Parmjit Singh Gill to run as their Parliamentary candidate for West Bromwich in the General Election.  In 2004, Parmjit beat Labour in the historic Leicester South by-election, becoming the Lib Dems’ first Member of Parliament of colour. The by-election was considered a referendum on Labour’s illegal war in […]

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 […]

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 […]

– Rishi Sunak pledged to cut NHS waiting lists in January 2023, since then they have risen by 6,171 in Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust – Waiting lists in Sandwell and West Birmingham now stand at 76,420 after Conservative government has slashed real-terms NHS funding by billions – Lib Dems call for a reversal to NHS spending cuts that are […]

– 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 […]