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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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HALF MARATHON Run (13.1 miles) COMPLETE Thanks to your support, I completed the Birmingham half marathon in a time of 2:12:36 which exceeded all expectations! All funds raised compliment the donations I make from my allowance, and with the government’s announcement of a Suicide Prevention Minister in the same month, it has made everything worthwhile!

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SUICIDE PREVENTION EVENT WITH CHARITIES Before my big speech in the council chamber, I prepared a two hour presentation on suicide prevention at the Council House in Birmingham. The event was co-hosted alongside Samaritans, Papyrus and CALM to a room full of senior Birmingham City Council officials and staff. 

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I promised that I would introduce clean-up crews and ensure hedges were maintained periodically.  Despite best efforts to tell me this couldn’t be done, either because of “wild life protection”, or how my predecessor found this job difficult, I manged to pull through. We now see most hedges in the ward are now cut or […]

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During my election campaign, I said that politicians should put their money where their mouth is, they should be passionate about something, and most importantly, have purpose. That’s why, I have donated a sum of my counciller allowance to the chairty CALM – the only chairty in the UK dedicated to preventing male suicide, which […]

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