Published in NewStatesman by RICHARD CORBETT  THE STAGGERS 17 NOVEMBER 2016 There are complications we haven’t even imagined yet. First, when it comes to Brexit, there are the familiar problems. On EU law, the prime minister’s idea is to pass a “Great Repeal Bill” to take effect the day we leave. This will do exactly the opposite […]

Published on Independent on-line by Ben Chu, Sunday 2nd July 2017 If you think we need to ‘take back control’ of our borders, you don’t understand what that actually means The fact is that we do already control our borders: we monitor our sea crossings, airports, the Channel Tunnel and that we impose passport controls on […]

In line with many other councils Walsall Council has begun a consultation about charging for collecting Garden Waste. 13,800 questionnaires will be going to random households who have a brown garden waste bin. The results of the consultation will be used to help the design of the new service. So why is the Council even […]

Some good news about roads in our area. Work is about to start on resurfacing the A462 Essington Road from the Borough boundary  by the top of Sneyd Lane right down to The Gate Island at the junction with A4124 Lichfieid Road. The work is due to start on Monday 19th June 2017 and it […]

Getting very concerned about the number of residents in Walsall North who have told us that they did not receive anything off the Lib Dems during the recent General Election campaign.  Everyone should have had something through the freepost, yet there are many areas who have said that they have only received election material off […]

Liberal Democrat Vouce By Caron Lindsay | Tue 6th June 2017 – 7:55 pm Conservative or Labour Governments would deny young people a say in their future when they will have to live with the consequences for longer. That’s the message from Tim Farron as the Liberal Democrats’ manifesto for young people is launched. Young […]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By The Voice | Wed 7th June 2017 – 12:01 am Tim Farron ends his tour of target seats in Oxford on Wednesday night. This is part of his final pitch for votes at a rally there: This election is only taking place because Theresa May is taking you for […]

The UK’s record on child poverty is woeful given that we are supposed to be the 5th richest nation in the world. To think that in this day and age around 30% of children in this country of ours are living in poverty is really shocking. Here in Walsall North the figures are even worse. […]

Details are beginning to emerge about the long awaited renewal of water pipes in the Short Heath area. Contractors working on behalf of Severn Trent Water have given advanced notification about this essential work which is due to take place over the school summer break to renew water pipes along Sandbeds Road. The water pipes […]

You don’t need to be a genius to know that something has gone wrong with education. The system we have concentrates more on testing than leaning, it is underfunded and we do not have enough teachers. The government has cut school funding across the country by £2.2 billion a year since 2015. It is proposing […]