More info from Localise West Midlands
More information available in advance of the referendum next Thursday Localise West Midlands have contacted us to let us know that they have produced a useful briefing on the differences between the elected Mayor system we are campaigning for and the current system of a leader and cabinet on the city council. Their briefing can [...]
A quick summary of Headline points from Brum Debate at Town Hall
The Yes to Birmingham Mayor campaign took over the Town Hall on Sunday 15 April and invited Brummies to challenge the candidates on what a Mayor could do for the city. With just 17 days to go until Birmingham votes in a referendum on whether to adopt an elected Mayor, the Yes campaign want to [...]
What can an #educationmayor do for Brum?
We are hosting a 2 hour long debate from 5pm to 7pm on Thursday 12th of April on the powers, skills and agenda that an Elected Mayor should be pursuing to get more Brummies educated to a higher level. Education has been a strand which we have begun discussing this week. Please join us and [...]
More thoughts on an earlier post – A jobs, skills and enterprise Mayor should think on this
How do we compare with the rest of the West Midlands and Great Britain when it comes to formal qualifications? There are gaps here that we could try to close further, but will that make people more employable and lower unemployment in the city? It would be yet another easy target to measure, never mind [...]
What can a #JobsMayor do for Brum?
We are hosting a 2 hour long debate from 5pm to 7pm this evening on the powers, skills and agenda that an Elected Mayor should be pursuing to get more Brummies into sustainable work. Jobs, Skills and Enterprise has been a strand which we have begun discussing this week. Please join us and contribute your [...]
The Yes to Birmingham Mayor Campaign are looking for Board Members.
The Yes Campaign are looking for board members to help it get a more formal governance structure particularly as we intend to help engage and motivate Brummies beyond the referendum to engage in some key issues. “The Yes Campaign is a non-partisan grassroots organisation that is looking to recruit board members. We recently registered as [...]
The Big Brum Debate
“The Big Brum Debate” at Town Hall to be held on 15th April. We’re hosting a 2 hour free event between 2-4 on Sunday the 15th April. The format will be announced next week and will include 2 keynotes and 3 half hour “What should a Mayor do for Birmingham?”Strands. Tickets are available through our [...]
Fundraising kicks of for grassroots campaigning
Yes To Birmingham Mayor Campaign launches 1st fundraising drive. The referendum to choose to elect a Mayor for Birmingham or not happens on May 3rd 2012. We launched the Yes campaign in August last year and our activities have been entirely volunteer driven and with no costs associated at all. The reach through social media [...]
More thoughts from Brummies…
Our next set of voxpops from Brummies on their thoughts about what’s great in Brum, what could be improved and how a directly elected Mayor might benefit this great city.
Liverpool to get to move straight to electing a Directly Elected Mayor on May 3rd
So it seems Liverpool will be going straight to an election of a Mayor without the referendum as previously thought, after the Labour party group in the city backed the move formally. What are the implications for Liverpool? Will it bring any major change in governance and will there be any innovative thought about how [...]
