Sandwell Children's Services Shock

The Chief of Ofsted has listed Sandwell in a report as one of 20 councils that are unacceptably poor in children's services, so I ask will our local Labour MP's condemn this Labour run council?

Barnsley,Bexley,Birmingham,Blackpool,Calderdale,Cambridgeshire,Cheshire East

Cumbria,Devon,Doncaster,Herefordshire,Isle of Wight,Kingston upon Thames,Medway

Norfolk,Northamptonshire,Rochdale,Sandwell,Slough,Somerset are the 20 councils

"Incompetent and ineffective leadership must be addressed quickly". and

"These are shocking statistics and a national disgrace."are but a few of his comments

Commenting on Birmingham he said

"Why is it that nearly a third of children in the city live in households on low incomes? Why is it that infant mortality is almost twice the national average, worse than in Cuba and on a par with Latvia and Chile? and "one of the worst places to grow up in the developed world".

Blogger said

Absolutely shocking, Once again Sandwell is listed as one of the worst in the UK, this comes not long after Sandwell Labour moaned about Ofsted

link

boss-urges-rethink-on-sandwell-council-childrens-care-rating/

 I just hope the Government send in a team to run Sandwell Children's Services

Reference to read more at these links

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/oct/15/child-protection-inadequate-ofsted-report

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/10/15/sandwell-council-one-of-worst-for-childrens-care/

Sandwell Leaders Training

While council staff lose their jobs, they can reflect back at their leader who was using Fairy dust at £2700 a year to help him communicate better

Blogger said

Yes £2700 a year of your tax money that's the same as saying 270 people in Sandwell would not have to pay the spare room subsidy for one week if this money had been used to pay it.  Labour call it a bedroom tax, Gordon and labour like the word tax they raised the tax for the poor

Reference E&S 13th Sept 2013 p11 Sandwell edition

Smethwick Parking fiasco

Remember this car park ??? 

Yes the one where no one parks

well someone did park 

Can you see a yellow thing in the window ??? 

Yes Folks the only car on the car park and its got a ticket

Well done Labour

Another week in Politics

The end of another week and things are looking much better

House prices are rising at their fastest rate for years,

Link to BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23177576

UK new car registrations jumped by 13.4% in June

Link to article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23181867

UK service sector growth 'fastest for two years'

Link to BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23158587

Business confidence in the UK is at its highest level since 2007

link to BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23141396

and Red Ed & Labour Party are in a total mess

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/5001289/Labour-Unite-crisis.html

Blogger said , Labour are in the same mess they left our country in

Labour's Plan could lose Sandwell Pensioners £234

Under Labour's proposed welfare plans, Sandwell pensioners could lose out again, this time to the tune of £234.

following our posting on Labour's plan to cut the winter fuel payments

LINK to Sandwell Conservative

http://sandwellconservatives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/labour-plan-to-cut-pensioners-winter.html

and Sandwell Labour and the 25% council tax rate

LINK to Sandwell Conservative

http://sandwellconservatives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/labours-death-tax-iii.html

Sandwell Labour then went on to lower the capital cut off limit for Council tax reduction from £16,000 to £6,000 , If you have saved for your funeral, Labour want your funeral money

LINK to Sandwell Conservative

http://sandwellconservatives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/sandwell-s-death-tax.html

For years it seems Sandwell charged bereaved families VAT for headstone work for cremated remains, then Sandwell found out some VAT should not have been charged ?

A number of people assumed they would get some over payment money back!

NO was the answer

LINK to Sandwell Conservative

http://sandwellconservatives.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/death-tax-ii-vat-rebate-refusal.html

Is Labour ending the Council Tax discount?

LINK to Daily Mail.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2321620/Labour-plots-Bridget-Jones-tax-Party-accused-demanding-end-council-tax-discounts-singletons.html

Sandwell Tory said

The last Labour governments policies helped bring this country into the mess its in and still their only solution is hit the people who have paid into the system the longest, the pensioners.

What is going on with Labour, why should pensioners pay for Labour's mess ?

Labour say they would cut welfare, Labour tell us why hit the pensioners?

Come on Labour where will you cut?

We introduced the triple pension lock,

The basic state pension rises by the highest of

Inflation

Earnings

or 2.5%

Labour are you going to cut pensions ? like Dear Gordon did to the Private pensions? 

 

What a Fool

Labours new homes

These are some of the NEW homes being built in West Bromwich

at the back of what once was Bull Street in whats called

                                                                     The Eastern Gateway 

 A Box

 

more Boxes

Blogger said

After Labour's failed "Pathfinder program" where 1000's of Sandwell dwellings were bulldozed with lots of Schools closed sadly causing a shortage of homes and school places just as Sandwell population was rising. 

Coalitions Government money is available for new builds.

I wonder though what type of homes Labour are giving you in your area?

Will they be more little boxes?
Will Labour give the people a parking space or a little garden ?

or will parking become a nightmare ???

The Coalition Government has also changed planning laws and removed Labour's parking quotas from new home developments

read this about Sandwell and its old housing plans

http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/the-demolition-explosion/6518821.article

WHERE WILL THESE RESIDENTS PARK ????

The Coalition Government has given you a voice, read this

The introduction of neighbourhood development plans and neighbourhood development orders which will give local communities the opportunity to shape development in their area

http://www.out-law.com/en/topics/property/planning/the-localism-bill--impact-on-planning-law/

Sandwell's EU Referendum stifled by Labour

A local news parer runs a poll on Europe and 77% of the replies want Britain to pull out of the EU,

Did your local Labour MPs vote for a EU referendum NO,

Did your local Conservative MPs vote for a referendum YES,

Don't Labour Trust you to give the answer they want?

Blogger said

Labour here's a bit of Latin

vox populi, vox dei,     translates as   "The voice of the people is the voice of God "

Ed your party is a mess splitting down the middle a number of of your MPs want a referendum as well

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/05/14/poll-if-an-inout-eu-referendum-was-held-today-how-would-you-vote/

Sandwell Parking Joke

All around Sandwell's six Towns, shop owners are losing trade, traders in West Bromwich put up posters begging for help, shop keepers in Old hill & Cradley Heath, Blackheath and Wednesbury complained,

What could be the problem ?

Its PARKING

The Labour run Council jacked up the parking fees 

and we now have this, taken in Smethwick at midday Tuesday

 

While Labour cry cuts, HOW MUCH DID THIS JOKE COST ?

What is the point of this cost ? let them park for FREE

 

But there is light ? A private company have introduced free parking in  Brierley Hill

the result ? Successes

Visitor numbers are up, Trade is up and profit is up for the local shop keepers

Reference

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/03/13/brierley-hills-concord-market-parking-fees-scrapped/

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/04/01/sandwell-car-parking-charges-are-sent-rocketing/

Blogger said

to our Labour Councillors

profit, this is what the private sector needs to survive !

Noun

A financial gain, esp. the difference between the amount earned and the amount spent in buying, operating, or producing something.

Merry Hill is very successful and the parking is FREE

shall I give you time to think about that? 

Stafford & Cannock Hospitals

Yes I know these Hospitals are well outside Sandwell but after the dogs dinner of a mess Labour left them in, we do give them our support and hope they keep them fully open.

Blogger said

Its not the local people who should suffer from this complete mess

Sandwell Labour Councillor's Witch jibe

Sandwell Labour Councillor Steven Frear wrote this
following the death of the former Prime Minister

A few minutes later

Sorry for post earlier, it was insensitive, out of order and wrong.
I express my condolences to her family

Blogger said

Where has Labour's respect gone, from a man in such a high office,

Reference taken from
http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2013/04/09/storm-over-sandwell-labour-councillors-witch-jibe-after-margaret-thatcher-death/