Social cohesion is key to allowing people to integrate into our communities, and a humane immigration and asylum policy is vital if we are to fight the rise of hate-crimes towards fleeing persecution or seeking a better life. Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, Christine Jardine, recently outlined the party's compassionate approach to immigration and asylum. Sandwell has had more than its fair share of an immigration system that is broken, and it is hurting everyone. Sandwell Council has tried to talk to the Home Office about some of these cases, but the hostile environment meant that often nothing was done to help our community.

What is needed are not arbitrary targets, but effective regulation and enforcement that prevents unscrupulous companies and traffickers exploiting vulnerable migrants to undermine the labour market and worker protections. This will make it easier for people to integrate into our society and contribute to our communities.

Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson launches our manifesto for a brighter future, with many policies that will help people in West Bromwich and Warley.
They include plans to:

• Invest the £50 billion Remain Bonus in public services and tackling inequality.
• Generate 80% of our electricity from renewables by 2030 and insulate all low-income homes by 2025.
• Recruit 20,000 more teachers as part of an extra £10 billion a year for schools.
• Treat mental health with the same urgency as physical health.
• And many more...

On October 9th and 10th, Sandwell Liberal Democrats joined our friends from other parts of the West Midlands in Brussels to talk to our MEP, Phil Bennion.

With the LibDems doing better than ever in the polls, the date is now set for Sandwell LibDems Annual General Meeting which will be held in West Bromwich on Monday 28 October -  arrive 7.00pm  for a 7.30pm start

A good number of Sandwell LibDems members attended the sell-out People’s Vote rally in Birmingham on 30 July. Over 1000 people packed the imposing Great Hall to hear speeches from a wide range of cross-party speakers.

As you may have heard, there are two candidates for the Lib Dem Leadership, Jo Swinson & Ed Davey.

A very warm welcome to the many new members and supporters who have joined us in the last few weeks – it’s great to have you with us!

Members and friends of Sandwell LibDems gave a very warm welcome to Phil Bennion, West Midlands MEP until 2014, with high hopes of regaining his seat in Thursday’s elections.

A message from Bryan Manley-Green, Chair of Sandwell LibDems.

A rainbow flag has been raised at Sandwell Council House. However, it’s a real missed opportunity that it wasn’t with a little pomp and circumstance and publicity.