City Council

Cllr Simon Morrall receives a round of applause in the City Council Chamber after slamming Labour’s budget! Waving a parking ticket in the Birmingham chamber, Cllr Morrall telling the Labour Council he was contributing this year!! He then lay into the Labour Council, arguing “Why is it that ordinary citizens of Birmingham know how to […]

In February Cllr Simon Morrall challenged the leader of Birmingham City Council on jobs: “We often hear figures of thousands of jobs being created though economy developments and regeneration. So why is youth unemployment one of the highest among the core cites? As one of the youngest cities in the country; this raises serious questions, […]

Following the #Frankley Skills Show, I challenge City Council officers to ensure opportunities are being correctly signposted to young people across the city, especially those from deprived communities. I then questioned their policy over affordable housing and asked if we could expand the successful enterprise zones, like the one in Longbridge, once the business park […]

It got heated at Council last week as I challenged the Cabinet member for community safety over policing. What you can’t hear is the Labour group shouting across the chamber as I rebut their claims (hence my voice raising). The Lord Mayor had to intervene and upon finally getting to ask my supplementary I received […]

I compared ‘drug dealers to entrepreneurs’ on the Economy and Skills Overview and Scrutiny Committee this month, suggesting we teach business and GSSE Economics in schools to prevent kids falling off the end. Former leader of the Council and veteran teacher Cllr John Clancy shared his experiences teaching entrepreneurship in schools in the 1980’s with […]

Your local Labour MP Richard Burden has candidly wrote in the Birmingham Mail that he openly supports a second EU referendum, and that he would STILL vote to remain in the EU. Despite his own constituency (that’s you) voting overwhelming to leave the EU in 2016. Frankley, Longbridge and, Northfield voted by almost double to […]

In December I seconded a motion at Full Council on the first ever UK-wide strategy to the delivery of support for veterans. The strategy identifies six key areas where support is most needed over the next ten years: community and relationships, employment and skills, health and wellbeing, finance and debt, housing, and contact with the […]

THE BREXIT BET VIDEO: After scrutinising claims made to committee around “The Impact of Brexit” the chairman rudely turned my microphone off. I respond by getting Adam Smith out: “I will bet £20 that on the macro-economic figure Brexit is not going to have a significant impact on this country and it will be much […]

I question the Cabinet member for Education, Skills and Culture alongside her most senior officers: “What are you doing to reach disenfranchised young people, who may be locked away in a bedroom playing Fortnite?” I didn’t really get the answer I was looking for.

Cllr Simon Morrall united Birmingham City Council chamber unanimously with a passionate speech on male suicide and mental health. In the UK, the single biggest killer of men under 45 is suicide, and Cllr Morrall spoke of losing his friend to suicide in 2016: “Since being elected I have donated a sum of my allowance […]

City Council

City Council - February, 2019

WATCH Cllr Morrall’s Budget Speech Slamming Council!

City Council - February, 2019

WATCH: Cllr Morrall Challenge Leader over Jobs & Skills

City Council - January, 2019

WATCH Cllr Morrall Challenge Officers on Affordable Housing.

City Council - January, 2019

WATCH Cllr Morrall Attack Cabinet and Commissioner on Policing.

City Council - December, 2018

WATCH Cllr Morrall Compare Gangs with Entrepreneurs!

City Council - December, 2018

LABOUR’S BIG BREXIT BETRAYAL!

City Council - December, 2018

WATCH Cllr Morrall Supports Veterans with Heartfelt Speech.

City Council - November, 2018

WATCH Cllr Morrall Defend Brexit on Economy & Skills Committee

City Council - November, 2018

WATCH Cllr Morrall Questions How We Reach Young Disenfranchised.

Making A Difference - November, 2018

WATCH Cllr Morrall’s Passionate Speech on Male Suicide.