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Birmingham: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Birmingham City Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, West Midlands; part of the WMCA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000025.

Council website · Publication scheme

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Birmingham for 2026–27: £2,023.48 of a £2,362.90 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

  • George Dixon Primary (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 January 2027
In the last twelve months: 11 opened (6 new provision, 3 academy converter, 1 reason not recorded, 1 result of amalgamation), 10 closed (3 for academy, 3 result of amalgamation/merger, 3 academy converter, 1 closure)

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Birmingham reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Birmingham: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education services£1,117.3 million
Highways and transport services£161.4 million
Children's social care£410.1 million
Adult social care£573.1 million
Public health£140.4 million
Housing services (general fund only)£84.2 million
Cultural and related services£55.8 million
Environmental and regulatory services£131.1 million
Planning and development services−£3.2 million
Police servicesnone budgeted
Fire and rescue servicesnone budgeted
Central services£30.3 million
Other servicesnone budgeted
Total service expenditure£2,700.5 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Birmingham in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population
1,183,618 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
33 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£19,205 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£601 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
44.4% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count
10.1% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£234,257 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
6.5 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy
58.0 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
58.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
3.4 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
95.0% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
135.2 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses
43,175 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

101 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Liberal Democrats, Greens and independents. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Reform UK 23, Green Party (E&W) 19, Labour Party 17, Conservative and Unionist 16, Independent / Other 13, Liberal Democrats 12, Workers Party of Britain 1.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 101 councillors, by ward
  • Penny Wagg (Liberal Democrats) — Acocks Green
  • Roger Harmer (Liberal Democrats) — Acocks Green
  • Eddie Freeman (Reform UK) — Allens Cross
  • Nosheen Khalid (Independent / Other) — Alum Rock
  • Shaukat Mahmood (Independent / Other) — Alum Rock
  • Abdul Shumon (Independent / Other) — Aston
  • Mumtaz Hussain (Liberal Democrats) — Aston
  • Duncan Ali (Green Party (E&W)) — Balsall Heath West
  • Christopher Steele (Reform UK) — Bartley Green
  • Rajbir Singh (Reform UK) — Bartley Green
  • Chris Garghan (Green Party (E&W)) — Billesley
  • Joe Peacock (Green Party (E&W)) — Billesley
  • Arshid Mahmood (Labour Party) — Birchfield
  • Ali Kazi (Green Party (E&W)) — Bordesley & Highgate
  • Adnan Hussain (Independent / Other) — Bordesley Green
  • Corinne Fowler (Green Party (E&W)) — Bournbrook & Selly Park
  • Jane Baston (Green Party (E&W)) — Bournbrook & Selly Park
  • Nicky Brennan (Labour Party) — Bournville & Cotteridge
  • Roxanne Green (Green Party (E&W)) — Bournville & Cotteridge
  • Hamzah Sheikh (Green Party (E&W)) — Brandwood & King's Heath
  • Jordan Phillip (Green Party (E&W)) — Brandwood & King's Heath
  • Diane Donaldson (Labour Party) — Bromford & Hodge Hill
  • Majid Mahmood (Labour Party) — Bromford & Hodge Hill
  • Ray Goodwin (Labour Party) — Castle Vale
  • Julien Pritchard (Green Party (E&W)) — Druids Heath & Monyhull
  • Deirdre Alden (Conservative and Unionist) — Edgbaston
  • Matt Bennett (Conservative and Unionist) — Edgbaston
  • Gareth Moore (Conservative and Unionist) — Erdington
  • Robert Alden (Conservative and Unionist) — Erdington
  • Gemma Guttridge (Reform UK) — Frankley Great Park
  • Saddak Miah (Labour Party) — Garretts Green
  • Jess Ankrett (Reform UK) — Glebe Farm & Tile Cross
  • Shehryar Kayani (Workers Party of Britain) — Glebe Farm & Tile Cross
  • Mick Brown (Labour Party) — Gravelly Hill
  • Haroon Salim (Green Party (E&W)) — Hall Green North
  • Mansoor Qureshi (Green Party (E&W)) — Hall Green North
  • Timothy Huxtable (Conservative and Unionist) — Hall Green South
  • Ed Freshwater (Green Party (E&W)) — Handsworth
  • Narinder Kooner (Labour Party) — Handsworth Wood
  • Randeep Kular (Labour Party) — Handsworth Wood
  • Kevin Carmody (Green Party (E&W)) — Harborne
  • Martin Brooks (Independent / Other) — Harborne
  • Shafique Shah (Labour Party) — Heartlands
  • Adam Higgs (Conservative and Unionist) — Highter's Heath
  • Rinkal Shergill (Independent / Other) — Holyhead
  • Martin Smith (Reform UK) — King's Norton North
  • Rob Grant (Green Party (E&W)) — King's Norton South
  • Jex Parkin (Reform UK) — Kingstanding
  • John Lambert (Reform UK) — Kingstanding
  • Raheem Humphreys (Green Party (E&W)) — Ladywood
  • Siobhan Harper-Nunes (Green Party (E&W)) — Ladywood
  • Anthony Ward (Reform UK) — Longbridge & West Heath
  • Charlie Latchford (Reform UK) — Longbridge & West Heath
  • Taj Uddin (Independent / Other) — Lozells
  • Izzy Knowles (Liberal Democrats) — Moseley
  • Philip Mills (Liberal Democrats) — Moseley
  • Mansuur Ahmed (Independent / Other) — Nechells
  • Rasheda Begum (Labour Party) — Newtown
  • Marcus Bernasconi (Labour Party) — North Edgbaston
  • Sarina Younas (Labour Party) — North Edgbaston
  • George Hall (Reform UK) — Northfield
  • Graham Green (Reform UK) — Oscott
  • Martin McAuley (Reform UK) — Oscott
  • James Hinton (Liberal Democrats) — Perry Barr
  • Morriam Jan (Liberal Democrats) — Perry Barr
  • Sue Willetts (Reform UK) — Perry Common
  • Danny Carter (Reform UK) — Pype Hayes
  • Nagu Penakacherla (Reform UK) — Quinton
  • Sam Forsyth (Independent / Other) — Quinton
  • Rebecca Waters (Reform UK) — Rubery & Rednal
  • Alan Feeney (Reform UK) — Shard End
  • Darren Colling (Reform UK) — Sheldon
  • Rachel Conaghan (Reform UK) — Sheldon
  • Mohammed Saeed (Liberal Democrats) — Small Heath
  • Shaukat Ali Khan (Liberal Democrats) — Small Heath
  • Shuranjeet Singh (Labour Party) — Soho & Jewellery Quarter
  • Su Brooks (Labour Party) — Soho & Jewellery Quarter
  • Zaker Choudhry (Liberal Democrats) — South Yardley
  • Jamil Khan (Independent / Other) — Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East
  • Raihaan Abbas (Independent / Other) — Sparkbrook & Balsall Heath East
  • Bushra Bi (Labour Party) — Sparkhill
  • Rashad Mahmood (Labour Party) — Sparkhill
  • Kamel Hawwash (Green Party (E&W)) — Stirchley
  • Amar Khan (Independent / Other) — Stockland Green
  • Manni Butt (Reform UK) — Stockland Green
  • Raaj Shamji (Conservative and Unionist) — Sutton Four Oaks
  • Meirion Jenkins (Conservative and Unionist) — Sutton Mere Green
  • Richard Parkin (Conservative and Unionist) — Sutton Reddicap
  • Harry Parmar (Conservative and Unionist) — Sutton Roughley
  • David Pears (Conservative and Unionist) — Sutton Trinity
  • Anja Pawson (Conservative and Unionist) — Sutton Vesey
  • John Cooper (Conservative and Unionist) — Sutton Vesey
  • John Perks (Conservative and Unionist) — Sutton Walmley & Minworth
  • Ken Wood (Conservative and Unionist) — Sutton Walmley & Minworth
  • Alex Yip (Conservative and Unionist) — Sutton Wylde Green
  • Atikur Rahman (Green Party (E&W)) — Tyseley & Hay Mills
  • Harris Khaliq (Independent / Other) — Ward End
  • Cherie Waddingham (Reform UK) — Weoley & Selly Oak
  • Glyn Marston (Reform UK) — Weoley & Selly Oak
  • Deborah Harries (Liberal Democrats) — Yardley East
  • Baber Baz (Liberal Democrats) — Yardley West & Stechford

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.