Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
Dudley Borough is made up of four main town centres, Dudley, Brierley Hill, Halesowen and Stourbridge. Each town centre has its own individual character and charm.
Getting to and from Dudley Borough couldn't be easier. By rail, the borough is around half an hour from Birmingham's New Street, Snow Hill and Moor Street stations, from Wolverhampton and from Worcester. Stourbridge junction has a direct connection with London Marylebone operating at convenient weekday times.
http://www.dudley.gov.uk/leisure-and-culture
Council Plan: http://www.dudley.gov.uk/councilplan
Dudley Council is committed to making sure local people receive the best possible public services. We are here to serve the people of Dudley and work as efficiently as we can to improve the quality of life for everyone.
As an organisation we are responsible for spending local people’s money to provide essential services. We fully recognise the seriousness of these obligations. Only by being a truly local council can we fulfil these commitments.
The Council Plan outlines our philosophy and sets out the key priorities that shape the services that we provide. It provides a common purpose, a core around which the wide ranging activities of our directorates and partnerships are linked and support one another to achieve these goals.
On a quarterly basis Cabinet and the council's Corporate Board monitor our progress in delivering the priorities set out in the Council Plan. View the quarterly performance reports online.
Key Statistics
The borough’s population is 304,500 (mid-year estimate 2004).
The 2001 census showed that 93.68% of the borough’s population were from white communities and 6.32% from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities. The proportion of the population from BME communities has grown from 4.5% in 1991. Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council controls a gross revenue budget of £562.9m (2006/07). It manages the full range of local government services, including education, environmental services, housing, leisure, planning, roads and social services, split into six directorates: Adult, Community and Housing Services; Chief Executive’s; Children’s Services; Finance, ICT and Procurement; Law and Property; and Urban Environment. It employs approximately 14,000 employees, of which 4.64% are from BME communities, 0.82% have declared that they have a disability and 74.6% are women (April 2006).