So the Labour Party conference has launched its controversial motion to abolish independent schools across the UK. Is this an attack on the rights and freedoms of parents to make choices for their children?
Boris Johnson has backed the Save the Seven Cornfields campaign, which is opposing plans to build 1,300 homes on Wolverhampton green belt. The campaign has made it all the way to No 10 Downing Street after the proposals were met with a huge backlash from concerned residents.
The Guardian have written an article highlighting the decline of Wolverhampton High Street. It sadly reports that Wolverhampton is one of the hardest-hit city centres in the country with a net decline of 13 stores in the first six months of this year.
With so many shops closing down across Wolverhampton City, communities need to play their part in supporting local retailers and rejuvenating the high street if it is to have any future.
Last year 7,500 shops lay empty – most of those on the high street
The one thing I have learned from talking and listening to residents across the City of Wolverhampton is that local transport links could be improved. There is a growing consensus that part of the answer could be a new railway station serving Tettenhall, Aldersley and the surrounding area.
