Willenhall Partnership’s Young Peoples Working Group is to visit the Young People’s Information Centre in Blakenall as part of its quest to help provide better facilities for young people across Willenhall. The decision to visit the centre was taken after the Partnership had seen a presentation at its meeting on Wednesday 18th February, given by the Chief Executive [...]

The lack of interest by the Tories who control Walsall Council in neighbourhood management, could be robbing local residents of hundreds of thousands of pounds claims councillor Ian Shires who leads the Liberal Democrat group on the council. Helping to develop local residents groups, small businesses and the voluntary sector can lead to hundreds of thousands of pounds [...]

The people of Willehall are being asked to take part in helping to shape health priorities for the area following a presentation by NHS Walsall to the Willenhall Partnership last Wednesday (18th February). A decision conferencing meeting is being arranged where the views of local people will help to identify how best to improve the health [...]

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg today accused Gordon Brown of wasteful complacency following figures released today showing that the number of homes repossessed last year rose by 54% to 40,000. Nick Clegg said:   “Tens of thousands of families are going through the pain and misery of losing their homes while the Government dithers.   [...]

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg today has revealed that Gordon Brown is wasting £31m a day on his temporary VAT cut, money which should be used to create thousands of much-needed jobs instead. The Government has missed the opportunity to create up to 95,000 jobs by persisting with its ineffective cut in VAT.  The Liberal [...]

The Liberal Democrats have launched new plans to greatly increase the supply of social housing, stem the tide of repossessions and rescue the beleaguered construction industry. The new plans include: ·    Introducing a Repair and Renewal loan scheme for owners of empty properties if they agree to lease them for at least five years to housing [...]

Liberal Democrats on Walsall Council have asked the Tories to have a re-think on the Budget before it goes to the full council meeting on Monday 23rd February. The Liberal Democrats are asking the Tories to re-instate almost £1million of cuts which they say fly in the face of the council’s commitment to its residents. Speaking today [...]

Responding to comments made by Number 10 that the total nationalisation of the Lloyds Banking Group is not on the table, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: “This is a u-turn waiting to happen. With Lloyds continuing to be dragged down by the weight of HBOS’s losses, it is highly irresponsible to not even [...]

The Willenhall Partnership meets tomorrow night (Wednesday 18th February 2009) at 6pm. The meeting will be held at Oakwood Lodge, Chaucer Avenue, Willenhall and will end around 8pm. The items  on  the agenda are all Willenhall related and include three short presentations designed to stimulate discussion around “Health in Our Community,” “Social Enterprise – New [...]

Tuesday 10th February 2009 saw a milestone in the fight to save the Willenhall Lock Museum and Locksmith’s House in New Road, Willenhall for future generations. The Friends Group, set up to save the well known attraction, discussed and adopted a formal constitution and elected officers who are now mandated to pursue options which hopefully will [...]