This mock Tudor Style pub was built 83 years ago and served the local community very well but it has now laid empty now for 10 years, and has been subject to a number of fires There has been plans in the past to turn it into a mosque but plans submitted to Sandwell Council […]

Report on webinar for LIb Dem members outlining our position on the situation in Gaza. This has sadly lead to an alarming rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia, with the use of inflammatory language for Party political expedience..

New Home Office statistics have revealed that a whopping 16,371 burglaries went unsolved across the West Midlands in the year ending June 2023. This is equivalent to 45 burglaries going unsolved in our area every single day. Meanwhile, just 1,206 cases resulted in a suspect being charged or summonsed in the same time period – […]

In a surprise lack of opposition from Conservative Councillors on the Planning Committee, they voted along with Labour Councillors to give the green light to development of the former Brandhall Golf Club even though one of their own Councillors was there objecting to the proposal. (Of the two Tory Councillors on the Committee in attendance, […]

It looks like we are back to the days when Tony Blair backed Bush unquestioningly, with both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer now in danger of repeating the same mistake. As explained by our Foreign Affairs spokesperson Liberal Democrats believe that the UK, and the international community, should do more to help find a peaceful […]

Shaun Bailey and James Morris are being accused of a ‘concrete cover-up’ after they voted against a Liberal Democrat amendment which would have forced the Government to publish a register of schools and hospitals in Sandwell that are not fit for purpose. The Lib Dem amendment to the Levelling Up Bill would have forced the Government to publish […]

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING  7.00 pm, Wednesday 29 Novemberfollowed by social event from 7.30 pm AGENDA  You can find the nomination for the Executive here.

Labour-run Sandwell Council seems to be biased against West Bromwich, again. (In the early days of the Council, there was a clear “anywhere but West Bromwich” policy on investment, and now they are hitting drivers in West Brom with big increases in parking fees.) Not only that, it will hurt local businesses as West Brom […]

The Liberal Democrats have called for a new legal right for cancer patients to start treatment within 62 days of an urgent referral, as part of a plan to boost survival rates and improve treatment for those affected by the disease. The Liberal Democrats’ five-year cancer plan includes: Two-month cancer treatment guarantee. A new target […]

At its Conference in Bournemouth, Liberal Democrats reaffirmed their commitment to give local people an greater say, and more control, of how local transport is run in their area. It includes abandoning the current government-mandated proposals to close ticket offices at railway stations at Hamstead and other local stations, as well as improving bus services […]