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‘Sutton needs to leave Birmingham’: residents we asked overwhelmingly back Royal Town breakaway

Should Sutton Coldfield finally break away from Birmingham?
More than fifty years after the Royal Town became part of the city, we asked residents whether the arrangement still works. Their response was emphatic, exposing deep frustration over who controls Sutton’s future. Watch the video to hear their verdict.

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00:00Personally, yes, because I'm born and bred here, so clearly, yes.
00:05When we were swallowed up by Birmingham, not great at all.
00:10I actually feel like something's forgotten about
00:13and that more money's been piped into,
00:16which can be rightly so into disadvantaged areas.
00:20But in the meantime, this was once a thriving little town
00:24is now like a ghost town.
00:26It's payday today and there's still no one around.
00:30No, I think it's better being part of Birmingham,
00:32being part of the big city.
00:34No, separate. Let's be separate.
00:37You know, I can't explain why, but no, years ago,
00:42we used to have a sticker to go on the car.
00:46It's free to go in the park. Well, it's free now,
00:47but they're going to start charging to go in the park here, aren't they?
00:51No, I'd rather have it separate, to be honest.
00:53Well, I don't live in St Coalfield. I'm under B24,
00:55so I'm actually in Birmingham City Council,
00:58so it wouldn't affect me in that way.
01:02So I think they're all pretty much the same, to be honest.
01:06I think, you know, there's not a lot of difference
01:08between any of the councils, so, you know,
01:11it depends, doesn't it, who's running it.
01:14Birmingham's huge.
01:16Sutton's just a small area,
01:18and I'm sure it can manage its own affairs well,
01:22because, clearly, it is a small place,
01:26and there'll be different issues to Birmingham.
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