This is why I LOVE Frankley! ❤️❤️ I just had to take photos while out doing deliveries today. Bless you, all and god save the queen! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Councillor Disclaimer: Please drink responsibly, be considerate of your neighbours and practice social distancing at all times. 👍 #FRANKLEYFORWARD    

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The Birmingham Conservative Group has welcomed the Government’s support for the City’s self-employed during the Covid crisis to matching the unprecedented level of support announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak for employees. Cllr Simon Morrall (Con, Frankley Great Park) said:  “I’ve been a self-employed Web Developer and Media Consultant for five years, […]

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Donated as much as I could to local food banks today, buying (with my own money) essential supplies and shamelessly using my council ID to wave the three-item rule at supermarkets so I can deliver to the old and vulnerable across Frankley (leaving bags at the front door of course). Credit to New Starts Frankley, […]

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For years I have repeatedly called for a strategy to promote job and skills to our young and disenfranchised. In January, we finally had a productive discussion about this on committee with the Labour cabinet member saying she would look into it. While I respect that COVID-19 has played a role in delaying this, I […]

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During my election I said that politicians should put their money where their mouth is, they should be passionate about something, and importantly, have purpose. In November, I delivered a heartfelt speech on mental health to Birmingham City Council, with them voting unanimously to update their suicide prevention plan. The following month I seconded a […]

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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 […]

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 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 […]

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There it is! Last night Labour councillors voted to approve a congestion charge on private vehicles, which could cost the poorest motorist up £2,700 a year to travel in and out of Birmingham city centre! Despite only 11.5% of Brummies being in support of a “clean air zone” following their own consultation, they went ahead […]

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