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People will now have more choice of how to pay for parking in Birmingham when the city council goes live on the National Parking Platform (NPP).
Councillor Elaine Williams, Leader of Walsall Council, will set out her administration’s priorities for the borough in her first Leader’s Portfolio Holder Report to Full Council on Monday 27 July 2026.
Councillor Nicky Barker, Deputy Leader of Walsall Council, has been appointed as the council’s first White Ribbon Champion, as the authority strengthens its commitment to ending violence against women and girls
Walsall Council has agreed a revised approach to climate and environmental action, focused on delivering practical local benefits for residents and making best use of council resources.
- 29th July 2026
Opinion by Councillor Irene Henery (pictured) Walsall Council
People illegally subletting social housing in Birmingham will be identified and may be removed from the property, following a new data-sharing partnership between the Cabinet Office and Airbnb.
Birmingham City Council’s tenancy fraud team has saved nearly £5 million for the public purse through robust tenancy fraud investigations over the last year.
A partnership between Birmingham City University (BCU) and Canal & River Trust (CRT) has resulted in the installation of new Accessible Mooring bollards to the UK’s canal network.
- 27th July 2026
An initial scoping consultation to inform a new blueprint on how land in Wolverhampton could be regenerated in future years has today (Monday) been launched.
Walsall Council is extremely concerned by the scale of disruption and the impact on local residents arising from a Tent Pegging event held on land off Erdington Road, Aldridge, over the 18th and 19th of July 2026.