George Bunn - Birmingham Eastside

"Business as usual as far as practicable": transport and scientific personnel speak out about public transport safety

With the announcement from Transport Minister Grant Shapps MP, that national Public Transport networks will recieve a £2 billion grant, are Birmingham City Council doing enough to protect transport workers

By George Bunn

/ 3 Jun 2020

"Business as usual as far as practicable": transport and scientific personnel speak out about public transport safety

"It's become very competitive between us recently, but what we're doing is important": Student sports clubs compete in fundraising competition

Students from the University of Birmingham medical school have been competing against each other to raise money for various NHS charities by seeing who can run, walk and cycle the

By George Bunn

/ 10 May 2020

"What happened in December doesn't merit a small change": Labour leadership candidate outlines her campaign plans

Labour MP Jess Phillips spoke last night to supporters and Labour voters ahead of her campaign to be the next party leader. The event took place with the aim to

By George Bunn

/ 17 Jan 2020

"What happened in December doesn't merit a small change": Labour leadership candidate outlines her campaign plans

Labour leadership campaign comes to Birmingham

Labour leadership candidate Jess Phillips MP will speak this evening to voters in Birmingham. According to the organisers, the event is part of the “Team Jess” series and is aimed

By George Bunn

/ 16 Jan 2020

"It will show Birmingham to be a unified and diverse city to the rest of the Commonwealth” - councillors come together to scrutinise community fitness scheme

Councillors in Birmingham met yesterday to discuss the future of a plan aimed at helping fitness levels in the region. The ‘Active Communities’ scheme is designed to help the region

By George Bunn

/ 16 Jan 2020

"It will show Birmingham to be a unified and diverse city to the rest of the Commonwealth” - councillors come together to scrutinise community fitness scheme

Council to meet tomorrow to decide outcome of fitness pilot

Birmingham City Council will be hosting a meeting tomorrow to scrutinise a scheme aimed to improve local fitness levels. The scheme, entitled “Active Communities”, aims to improve the region'

By George Bunn

/ 15 Jan 2020

"Labour needs to be the party for everyone, Labour needs to be about social justice": key local Labour members speak out about party failings

Labour members met in West Bromwich last night to discuss what went wrong for the party at last year’s general election. The meeting featured talks from Dudley North campaign

By George Bunn

/ 14 Jan 2020

"Labour needs to be the party for everyone, Labour needs to be about social justice": key local Labour members speak out about party failings

"Address the losses that people have suffered" - meeting planned for Windrush generation

A meeting will take place tonight (Monday November 18) in Solihull to provide free advice to anyone affected by the Windrush Scandal. The session, part of a wider campaign, will

By George Bunn

/ 18 Nov 2019

Birmingham businesses concerned over ‘clean air’ parking levy plans for city centre

Business owners in Birmingham have been voicing their concerns about the council’s proposal to introduce a parking levy as part of a ‘clean air initiative’ in Birmingham City centre.

By George Bunn

/ 14 Oct 2019

Birmingham businesses concerned over ‘clean air’ parking levy plans for city centre

#ClimateStrike: Generations come together to protest in Birmingham

Families have been joining other protestors in Birmingham to demand the government take urgent action on the climate crisis as part of a worldwide series of climate strikes.

By George Bunn

/ 20 Sep 2019