TORIES BLOW WHISTLE ON "DODGY" TAXI DEAL Sunday, 20 June, 2021 Proof positive that Labour Sandwell council has learned nothing from past scandals and continues dubious practices was revealed last week. The latest, Labour leader of the council was forced, at the last minute, to pull a contract which was due to be nodded through at the council’s cabinet meeting in order that the process by which the deal had been made should be investigated. The deal was for... Local News
INVITATION REFUSED 23rd March 2017 MESSRS ALEXANDERVICH, CROW AND SAUNDERS REGRET Not content at seeing in excess of £1million of council tax payers money spent on the Wragge report, lawyers and... Local News
ELING CARRIES ON CAMPING 17th March 2017 Cllr. Eling and cronies look set to plough on and approve a traveller’s transit camp at next week’s Sandwell Council Cabinet meeting. The unlucky recipients of... Local News
SENT OFF 2nd March 2017 Wednesbury was not Celebrating when there was an argy bargy at its town hall H.Q. What happened, or did not, led to three Labour councillors being suspended... Local News
ELING'S TRAVELLER CAMP 14th February 2017 Most of the residents of Sandwell don’t want travellers in the borough. This view is informed by experience; residents have seen playing fields, verges and... Local News
AUDIT'S UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 12th February 2017 The extraordinary meeting of Sandwell council’s audit committee was itself extraordinary. When the Chief Financial Officer stated that Cllrs Hussain and Bawa... Local News
SANDWELL COUNCIL CABINET; 3 UNWISE MEMBERS? 23rd January 2017 After the Wragge report and the scandal of Sandwell Labour councillors not declaring interests in topics and transactions, one would have thought only the... Local News
SWAMPY IN SANDWELL 22nd January 2017 Donald Trump’s promise to clear the Washington swamp had credibility with the US electorate because Donald was new to the game of politics. Council leader Steve... Local News
A PANTOMIME IN SANDWELL 16th January 2017 AUDIT COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS Along with the dismal German (sorry mini continental) market in West Brom, Sandwell’s leading socialists decided to stage a... Local News
GOVERNMENT CASH FOR SANDWELL POTHOLE REPAIRS 10th January 2017 GOVERNMENT CASH FOR SANDWELL POTHOLE REPAIRS Local News
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