Blackheath Matters

Friday 7 February 2014

Rowley Regis Hospital Parking disgrace

The caring folk at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust have raised parking charges at Rowley Regis Hospital. Up to six hours will see see fees jump from £2 to £2.50.

This is a perfect Tax on the ill and infirm, these managers know they have a captive market

and know you want to visit loved ones

We also hear that Sandwell Council has representatives on the Hospital trusts Board of Governors.

So complain to the Council

Can you afford Labour ?

Wednesday 5 February 2014

Rent Rise for Blackheath Residents

Yes your caring Labour council strikes again, with Rent rises of up to 4% and we are now waiting to see if Sandwell also hike the council tax, even though the Conservative led government has previously given Sandwell money to keep it at 0%

I don’t think you will hear Labour moaning as it was the Labour Government that set Rents to rises each year at (RPI) + 0.5% + £2 per week, back in 2002

Labour are coming for your money

blogger said

I wonder if Sandwell need s the money to pay for another Public arts building ?

In the Year since Labour took Sandwell homes under council control rents have rocketed by up to £11 per week
Can you afford Labour ?

Reference

blackheath town matters close-public-or-have-rent-rise

http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/10985628.Sandwell_tenants_hit_by_rent_rises/

and

http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/01/29/sandwell-council-rents-set-to-rise-by-150/

Here's a document about Labour's rent rises

http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN01090/rent-setting-for-social-housing-tenancies.pdf

Tuesday 15 October 2013

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/

Saturday 14 September 2013

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