Birmingham City Council failed to set its budget today. Labour chose not to put it to the vote rather than risk defeat. By my counting, they had 46 councillors present, to 45 of the opposition. Maybe they couldn't count on all of them supporting their own party. The vote has to be within 2 weeks.

#Sheldon #LibDem Councillor Colin Green @colingreenld.bsky.social addressing the issue of unlawful traveller encampments at Gilberstone Park: “Improving security at one site just displaces activity elsewhere.” Council are clearly failing to solve this effectively www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

#LibDems don’t side with bullies. #Britain doesn’t side with bullies. #Birmingham doesn’t side with bullies. #LibDems4Brum #LibDem @libdems.org.uk @izzyknowles.bsky.social @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social @colingreenld.bsky.social @dickson2902r.bsky.social @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social

BREAKING: Ed Davey’s response to Keir Starmer’s statement

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Do you want to know why Birmingham City Council is bankrupt? Chambers have made an excellent documentary on the subject which you can see on YouTube (linked here). I was more than happy to take part and help tell the story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pQr...

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before. Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

Why are the roads in Birmingham so bad? Because the council is in stasis until the government decides whether to allow us to continue with PFI or not. I spoke at the council this week to get them to urge Angela Rayner to get on with it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxYo...

Labour confirms car parking charges at Sheldon Country park. It's madness. The money raised in parking charges will be less than the cost of the ticket machines. Everyone will lose out except the people who fit the machines. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Birmingham bin dispute could run until December after vote for more strikes

Group Leader Cllr Roger Harmer urges the Chief Constable Craig Guildford to keep police on the picket lines. More here: www.birminghamlibdems.org.uk/news/article...

You can just see the Lib Dem election leaflets: “Labour cut your benefits then gave the money to Elon Musk.” There is no way that this will not come back to bite Labour if they do it.

The one thing Brum has enough of is 1 bed flats. They They serve a more transitory group, and can erode a sense of community. The city needs more family homes. Cllr Green regularly makes this point when new developments come to the planning committee: www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Cllr Tilsley: "Following Cllr Waseem Zaffar’s comments, I think it’s imperative to remind him that there is a Labour government, a Labour council and Labour Mayor. You’ve got nowhere to hide anymore, the responsibility is with you." www.birminghamlibdems.org.uk/news/article...

By suspending all military aid to Ukraine, Donald Trump has humiliated the people who pretended he was a reliable ally only in search of peace. The UK and Europe must seize frozen Russian assets to resist Putin’s unjust and savage war.

Latest news re the Brum bin strikes is garden waste collections have been suspended. 😥 www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20009/w...

"If the President of the United States is doing things that are against the British national interest and against our values, someone has to point them out." @eddavey.libdems.org.uk

An update on Birmingham bin collections. www.birminghamlibdems.org.uk/news/article...

Calling Zelensky a “Dictator” must be where the line is drawn. It is my sincere hope that the whole political spectrum in the United Kingdom will speak with one voice in opposition to Trump’s lies.

Liberal Democrats believe that we have a moral obligation to stand up to Trump and challenge his view of the world. That will almost certainly necessitate a realignment, where we look closer to home, to our European partners for our future security alliances.

Council tax is going up again by 7.5% in 2025....but Birmingham Labour originally asked for a 10% increase. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Birmingham's council tax will go up 7.5% this year instead of the 10% that was planned. The equal pay settlement is not as high as some feared, so the council doesn't have to raise quite as much to pay for it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ed Davey on Elon Musk. Ironic that it’s a screengrab from X but we’ll work on that… 😉

Bin workers' strikes start on Monday and will cover 12 dates over the next 4 months. The strikes are because the illegal pay settlements that triggered Birmingham's 'bankruptcy' are being changed to comply with discrimination law. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

Hey, Brummies! Check your bin collection days here: www.birmingham.gov.uk/info/20009/w... And have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year :)

Birmingham's refuse collectors are to strike in the new year. Birmingham City Council's 'bankruptcy' was caused by equal pay claims from the unlawful settlement to bin strikes in 2017 and 2019. This strike is over making their pay equal. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...

MPs have BACKED Sarah Olney's Lib Dem bill on electoral reform. This is a historic day for fair votes. Today, as we have done for a century, Liberal Democrats are leading the fight for fair votes and making sure that no one can be ignored in our democracy.

A new Birmingham City Council scrutiny report has highlighted the enormous financial burden of road harm, with road casualties costing around £205 million in Birmingham EVERY year. The current status quo is not only unacceptable on a human level but also economically ruinous.

I've never been a fan of Black Friday. Here's a good example. I've had my eye on a CNC router. £482 on their website. £479 on the Black Friday preview email. Save £3 or a whole 0.6%.

Birmingham's "bankruptcy" was caused by settling bin strikes in a way that broke equalities law. The BBC report that bin workers are being balloted for another strike. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...