Councillor David Barker

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Thanks to everyone who came to my advice centre this evening. Helping residents directly has always been the best part of this job. Gentle reminder that there are no advice centres in August or December. The next ones will be in September.

Don't miss the next police tasking meeting in Brandwood - August 20, 7:30pm-8:30pm at The Brandwood Centre. This is a great opportunity for us to meet with our local police force and talk about the issues we are seeing in the Brandwood area, and where we want them to take action.

PLANNING CONSULTATION (2025/03521/PA) Site: 33 Alcester Road South Proposal: Change of use of first floor from adult gaming centre to dwellings, construction of second floor to create an additional dwelling and associated alterations to fenestration eplanning.birmingham.gov.uk/Northgate/Plan…

Today I had the privilege of seeing Young Marketeers - a programme to help primary school children learn about food production. They had children from 9 schools, including Wheelers Lane and Allens Croft, selling produce at the outdoor market. Great to see the Lord mayor too.

At this month's Full Council meeting I spoke about the state of our highways, conspiracy theories, and the need to sort out the deal to get our roads repaired.

West Midlands Police are investigating after a man in his 50s was seriously assaulted on Springfield Road, Kings Heath, at around 5pm on 7 July. If you have any information, or footage, please get in touch via 101, quoting 4334. westmidlands.police.uk/news/west-midl…

Brandwood and Kings Heath councillor advice centres are on the first Monday and third Wednesday of the month at Kings Heath Community Centre. Please come along if you have any issues you need support with.

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 Queens Heath Pride 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Every year, for one day, Kings Heath becomes Queens Heath to celebrate the LGBT+ community. Thank you to everyone who gets involved and makes this possible!

We are about to go live at transport and sustainability scrutiny birmingham.public-i.tv/core/portal/we…

Lovely sunny evening talking to residents on Listowel, Hough, and Granton about the issues that matter to them 🌹

Busy day today: speaking with residents around Brandwood Park Road this morning, followed by the Brandwood Bash at Dawberry Fields Park, then checking out comicon in King Heath as well as the new monthly Kings Heath Art Market on All Saints Square (every 3rd Saturday).

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, today announced £123m funding towards #MidlandsRailHub as part of his 10-year Infrastructure Strategy, following the Chancellor's announcement last week 🚆

At this month's Full Council meeting, I spoke about the brilliant Queens Heath Pride and what we are doing to support the LGBT+ community beyond pride month.

Another incredible Eid in Kings Heath this year. It's on until 9pm tonight. Check it out while the weather is still good. Huge thanks to Soul City Arts and everyone involved in running this event!