Anna Whittaker
Political Reporter at BBC Radio Stoke
BBC political reporter for Staffordshire / #30ToWatch journalist / @IpsoNews panel/ [email protected] / IG: annawhittakerbbc
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Anna Whittaker
Bin woes on Birmingham's borders as strike goes onAnna WhittakerSophie MillwardBBC Hereford and WorcesterBBCMaggie Boylan and Andreas Gabriel work at Bakers Lane Fish Bar near the Birmingham-Black Country borderResidents and businesses on Birmingham's borders have spoken of their frustration as the city's bin strike continues.
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4 weeks ago |
bbc.co.uk | Anna Whittaker
Image caption, Marilyn Beattie and her husband Bob, who has dementiaBBC political reporter, Black CountryFamilies are campaigning to save a "lifeline" dementia centre which is set to close. Dudley Council axed Crystal Gateway Dementia Centre in Amblecote last month as part of its budget to save £500,000 a year. The centre offers an outreach service to those living with dementia and their carers, as well as art, knitting and choir sessions for an hourly fee.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Anna Whittaker
Three more councillors resign from LabourAnna WhittakerBBC political reporter, Black CountryAlex McIntyreDudley CouncilCouncillors Matt Cook, Peter Drake and Karl Denning have quit the Dudley Labour groupThree more councillors have resigned from the Labour Party in Dudley as the fallout over the government's welfare cuts continues. Councillors Peter Drake, Karl Denning and Matt Cook confirmed they had quit the party and would sit as independents on Dudley Council in the West Midlands.
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1 month ago |
bbc.co.uk | Anna Whittaker
The Labour group leader of a Conservative-run council has resigned from his party over huge changes to the benefits system and will sit as an independent member. Dudley councillor Pete Lowe said welfare cuts announced on Tuesday were "the final straw" after months of heart-searching and tears. He said he objected to the "stigmatisation of the most vulnerable" including the Labour government's decisions over women's pensions and cuts to pensioners' winter fuel payments.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Anna Whittaker
Government school breakfast club pilot beginsAnna WhittakerBBCLotty Summers is excited about the new free breakfast clubs Parents at a school in Walsall that is part of the government's breakfast club pilot said the free rollout will enable them to get to work. Rivers Primary Academy in Bloxwich is one of 750 schools which will get a free daily breakfast club from April. Over a third of schools in the pilot are said to be in deprived areas – with 82 in the West Midlands.
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Reporting live from the (slightly smelly) streets of Birmingham today as the bin strike enters its fifth week… I’ll have the latest on @bbc5live at 3:15pm 📻 https://t.co/nt7VPfrTLg
Three more Dudley councillors resign from Labour over benefit cuts...following the group leader who quit last night https://t.co/8jMrfHYgZK
RT @bbcmtd: Labour group leader resigns from party over cuts https://t.co/5LLcIrPehS
