A council is set to spend £130,000 on a manager to oversee buying two children’s homes. Sandwell Council wants to buy two properties in the borough to care for up to four children with complex needs.

Sandwell councillors have voted to accept intervention plans at the authority, as an external auditor told them they must "get a corporate grip" on day-to-day affairs in the council. It comes as the ...

The 18 flats and bungalows were built last year ...

The government’s loosening of planning laws could see Sandwell Council ‘pressured’ into building on the borough’s greener border. Sandwell Council will be expected to support new housing developments ...

Two Sandwell councillors have been charged after an incident earlier this year in which a person was allegedly assaulted.

Council tax and the cost of garden waste collections are set to rise in Sandwell to cover a £17m hole in the council’s budget. Sandwell Council said it will make more than £8m worth of cuts and ...

Sandwell enters the country's biggest property event on an "upward trajectory" and with a "strong pipeline of investment", Insider has been told, as its team prepares to make a significant ...

A council will use a new £155,000 machine in its bid to slash the time it takes to fill some of the borough’s most treacherous potholes. Sandwell Council has been showing off its latest bit of kit as ...

A WOMAN says council wrongly charged her late mother for care and has still not returned the money years after agreeing it was owed.