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COUNCIL15 Oct 2026

BREAKING: BIRMINGHAM LIB DEM COUNCILLOR IS INTERIM HEAD OF MAJOR SEA HOUSING PROVIDER FACING REGULATOR ENFORCEMENT

Concept Housing Association, one of Birmingham’s biggest supported exempt accommodation providers, faces regulator enforcement — and its interim chief executive is a serving Lib Dem councillor.

COUNCIL14 Oct 2026

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL SPENT TAXPAYERS’ MONEY ON ANTI-REFORM POLITICAL TRAINING

Birmingham City Council handed £13,450 to the Ella Baker School of Organising for training that included material aimed at countering support for Reform UK, according to The Telegraph.

COUNCIL14 Oct 2026

Cllr Jex Parkin responds to Birmingham topping UK welfare hotspots list

Cllr Jex Parkin, Leader of Reform UK Birmingham, responds on GB News to Birmingham topping a list of the UK’s welfare hotspots.

COUNCIL12 Oct 2026

REFORM DEMANDS ANSWERS AS BIRMINGHAM EXEMPT ACCOMMODATION NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE

Birmingham now has 34,122 supported exempt accommodation claims across 12,291 properties — and the Council still cannot say how many people are placed here from elsewhere.

COUNCIL10 Oct 2026

BIRMINGHAM CABINET MEMBER NAMED AS SUPPORTER OF GREEN ‘ZIONISM IS RACISM’ MOTION

Reform UK Birmingham has written to Council Leader Cllr Roger Harmer after Cabinet Member Cllr Kamel Hawwash was named as a supporter of the Green Party’s ‘Zionism is Racism’ motion.

COUNCIL09 Oct 2026

BIRMINGHAM NEEDS MORE HOMES - NOT MORE NET ZERO RED TAPE

Reform UK Birmingham has formally challenged the City Council’s plans to add local Net Zero requirements on top of national standards for housebuilders and businesses.

COUNCIL07 Oct 2026

£3 MILLION LOST WHILE COUNCIL HOUSES SIT EMPTY AND FAMILIES WAIT FOR HOMES

COUNCIL06 Oct 2026

REFORM UK BIRMINGHAM CONDEMNS GREEN PARTY’S ‘ZIONISM IS RACISM’ POLICY

Reform UK Birmingham condemns the Green Party’s policy declaring Zionism racism and calls on Birmingham’s Greens and the Council Leader to respond.

COUNCIL01 Oct 2026

REFORM PRESSES FOR ANSWERS OVER GROOMING GANG ETHNICITY DATA

Birmingham’s Education Scrutiny Committee heard that West Midlands Police has only recently improved its recording of CSE suspect ethnicity — Cllr Rachel Conaghan is pressing for the data.

COUNCIL01 Oct 2026

35 YEARS ON: COUNCIL FINALLY LOCATES BIRMINGHAM’S 1991 CSE REPORT

Birmingham City Council has confirmed it has finally located Dr Jill Jesson’s controversial 1991 child sexual exploitation report and the 1995 committee papers.

COUNCIL30 Sept 2026

REFORM TO PRESS FOR ANSWERS AFTER NEW BIRMINGHAM GROOMING GANGS AND CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION REPORT.

Birmingham has 98 open CSE investigations, six group-based, with questions over why offender ethnicity and nationality data is not published.

COUNCIL07 Sept 2026

REFORM PUSH FOR DEFIBRILLATORS ON BIRMINGHAM WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLES

A Reform UK Birmingham proposal to put lifesaving defibrillators on Birmingham City Council vehicles is now being investigated by the Council.

COUNCIL02 Sept 2026

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCILS £2.6 MILLION FLAG-REMOVAL OPERATION

Birmingham City Council's estimated £2.6 million flag-removal operation could divert resources away from pothole repairs, highway maintenance and essential services, according to evidence cited in its High Court action. Reform UK Birmingham says that while genuine safety risks, violence and intimidation should be dealt with firmly, taxpayers should not be funding a costly citywide campaign against residents peacefully displaying the Union Flag and St George's Cross.

COMMUNITY24 Aug 2026

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BREAKING: BIRMINGHAM LIB DEM COUNCILLOR IS INTERIM HEAD OF MAJOR SEA HOUSING PROVIDER FACING REGULATOR ENFORCEMENT

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCIL SPENT TAXPAYERS’ MONEY ON ANTI-REFORM POLITICAL TRAINING

Cllr Jex Parkin responds to Birmingham topping UK welfare hotspots list

REFORM DEMANDS ANSWERS AS BIRMINGHAM EXEMPT ACCOMMODATION NUMBERS CONTINUE TO RISE

BIRMINGHAM CABINET MEMBER NAMED AS SUPPORTER OF GREEN ‘ZIONISM IS RACISM’ MOTION

BIRMINGHAM NEEDS MORE HOMES - NOT MORE NET ZERO RED TAPE

£3 MILLION LOST WHILE COUNCIL HOUSES SIT EMPTY AND FAMILIES WAIT FOR HOMES

REFORM UK BIRMINGHAM CONDEMNS GREEN PARTY’S ‘ZIONISM IS RACISM’ POLICY

REFORM PRESSES FOR ANSWERS OVER GROOMING GANG ETHNICITY DATA

35 YEARS ON: COUNCIL FINALLY LOCATES BIRMINGHAM’S 1991 CSE REPORT

REFORM TO PRESS FOR ANSWERS AFTER NEW BIRMINGHAM GROOMING GANGS AND CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION REPORT.

REFORM PUSH FOR DEFIBRILLATORS ON BIRMINGHAM WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLES

BIRMINGHAM CITY COUNCILS £2.6 MILLION FLAG-REMOVAL OPERATION

683 Birmingham Council Homes Await Re-Letting as 33,751 Households Wait for Housing.

Reform Tables Motion to Leave the City of Sanctuary Scheme

Planning Refusal for 7-Bedroom HMO in Weoley Castle

Full Council Meeting at Birmingham City Council

Only National and Officially Recognised Flags on Council Property

Reform UK Birmingham Shadow Cabinet Announcement

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