Category: Councillors
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What has been happening lately?
Thank you to everyone who has been working on activities related to supporting the community of Ladywood affected by the regeneration. We continue to be negatively affected by the planned mass compulsory purchase of our homes and local assets of great value including businesses and churches. What has been happening lately? Councillor drop in sessions.…
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Ladywood residents demand to elect new local councillors
Sign our petition – click here We ask to be able to elect new local Councillors in Ladywood as soon as possible Started 18 September 2023 Why this petition matters Started by Ladywood Unite We, the concerned residents of Ladywood, Birmingham, UK, hereby express our lack of confidence in Councillors Bore and Hartley due to their…
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Second protest and council meeting footage – 12 Sep
Terrific turnout at our second protest today – despite the rain! Thank you to all supporting us Our question to Birmingham City Council Also see Ladywood on Midlands Today 11 Sep 2023 – thanks for sharing our story!
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Letter to Councillor John Cotton – Berkeley Group bosses were accused of engaging in years of bribery
Berkeley Group is the Developer chosen by Birmingham City Council. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/nov/21/berkeley-group-bosses-were-accused-of-engaging-in-years-of-bribery-allegations-withdrawn-court-settlement https://www.standard.co.uk/business/berkeley-denies-claims-of-bribery-from-former-finance-director-a3997081.html https://www.financeuncovered.org/stories/berkeley-group-bribery-allegations-court-papers https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/berkeley-group-denies-bribery-claims-8xm9nzcg9
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Full video of 27 June cabinet meeting approving compulsory purchase in principle
Watch from 5:27 https://birmingham.public-i.tv/core/portal/webcast_interactive/778000?force_language_code=en_GB Some striking things – our Councillors apparently had no words advocating for our interests, a promise of ‘like for like’ for council properties, and zero mention of what will happen to all the non-council built properties and that are inside the red line
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What have we been told so far?
On 19 June 2023, Cllrs Albert Bore and Kath Hartley wrote to residents stating that St. Joseph was being recommended as a redevelopment partner for the regeneration of central Ladywood. Like the other communications they sent in 2019, this letter did not explicitly state that they planned to demolish existing homes. Some of the 2019…
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Q&A – Bellcroft Residents and Ladywood Councillor
Note that these questions were asked verbally by Bellcroft residents at a drop in session on 7 July and the below notes on responses reflect the views of the residents about the meeting. These notes were not approved by the Councillors. They reflect questions about Bellcroft. Can we move the red line? No. Does being…
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