Councillors will meet next week to consider calls for an independent investigation into bullying at Coventry City Council. It follows the release of a survey by a trades union which found that 85% of respondents felt they had been bullied at some point.

Former greenbelt land at Eastern Green in Coventry could end up with almost an extra thousand houses on top of what had previously been agreed. That’s almost 50% more than the 2,250 agreed in the Local Plan.

Coventry Conservatives have announced plans to inject an extra £669,000 into services delivered by the Council next year. It comes as Councillors prepare to debate the authority’s budget for the next year at a meeting of all councillors on Tuesday 19th February.

As an opposition in Coventry Council we have always worked for transparency and Bi partisan working. 

Under the current leadership from Cllr George Duggins this has been almost impossible. 

The news today is very shocking and something we will be pushing for answers.

Conservative Councillors in Coventry are calling upon the Council to review maintenance contracts levied upon new build homeowners across the city. Councillor Peter Male (Woodlands Ward) and Councillor Marcus Lapsa (Westwood Ward) have submitted a motion to the forthcoming Full Council meeting.

Coventry Conservatives have welcomed the decision of Coventry City Council to grant an application for a new private hire operator in the city, following months of procrastination by the Labour controlled Council. 

Cllr Tim Mayer has welcomed yesterday’s announcement that funding for the police system will increase by up to £970 million next year, the biggest increase since 2010.

Police funding in West Midlands could increase by up to 6.4% in 2019-20 as a result of these changes.

New figures show that the West Midlands exported 33,843 million worth of goods and services in the year to September 2018. This is an increase of 3.2 from the year before.

A controversial planning application to develop greenbelt land in Eastern Green has been received by Coventry City Council. It follows the approval of the ‘Local Plan’ earlier this year which targeted several greenbelt sites around the city.

The Tile Hill Village Residents’ Group submitted a petition for roads around Tile Hill Village to become a 20MPH  zone including Station Avenue, Cromwell Lane, Duggins Lane, Tanners Lane, Conway Avenue and Nailcote Avenue.