After rooking residents with a third successive year of council tax rises, Sandwell’s socialist council was able to make another generous donation to the corporate lawyers’ comfort fund.

Recently, West Midlands Police force has consistently had a bad press.

The socialists of Sandwell Council can’t stand cutting waste. They have the Blairite obsession with spend, spend, spend; and look where that got the country. We want to applaud their recent decision to scale back expenditure on their anti smoking programme, even if it fails to go far enough.

Last year Sandwell’s councillors pocketed a staggering £1,253,478.

This coming year it will be more as the greedy trots keen to see a redistribution of wealth from council tax payers into their wallets and handbags have voted themselves a pay increase.

Tuesday’s Sandwell full council meeting was a time for reflection, even anxiety, as the council elections approach.

With breath taking arrogance, the Sandwell Labour council group secretary Cllr. S Trow is taking for granted the result of and the votes of Sandwell people in the council elections on 3rd May 2018.

Police officers encounter difficult situations.

Recently a female WMP officer, called to a domestic dispute, was effectively partially scalped when chunks of her hair were pulled out by the roots. The offender was prosecuted but escaped a prison sentence.

Government money has come to Sandwell to support our campaign for road repairs and improvements.

After the Labour party’s long delayed suspension of Cllr. Richard Marshall, there are signs that the party may, at last, be starting to put its house in order. So far it’s only a little light dusting rather than a full spring clean and this has only been done under pressure.

When he’s not whingeing about “cuts” Sandwell’s council leader is making excuses for poor performance by the council.