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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 […]

National Express made major changes to the buses in July which upset many of our residents. Since then I’ve ran a strong campaign to return the service back and they’ve finally listened. ”We’re really sorry people have been having problems with the 61 and 63. These two routes have been delayed by the construction […]

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 […]

Following the rise of overnight crime, particularly burglaries across the Hollymoor and Great Park region, I have ran a successful campaign to promote private security patrols. To clear up any misinformation you may have heard – the scheme was spearheaded by local residents themselves to act as a deterrent and first response before the police […]

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 […]

I promised that I would fight for road safety measures on Holly Hill Road and we’re done it! The Conservative group had money set aside in our manifesto especially for road safety in Frankley, but unfortunately we dint take control of the council. Once again, people told me this couldn’t be done, saying my predecessor […]

Frankly Forward

City Council - January, 2019

WATCH Cllr Morrall Attack Cabinet and Commissioner on Policing.

Local Action - January, 2019

Nation Express agree to extend 61 bus route back to Frankley.

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.

Local Action - November, 2018

Cllr Morrall works with Police and Private Security

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.

Local Action - October, 2018

Road Safety Breakthrough for Holly Hill