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Social Services & Martin Morton

Posted in Conservatives, Council Excellence, Department of Adult Social Services, Labour, Lib Dems, Martin Morton, Wirral Council on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

It’s good to see some local press coverage in the Wirral Globe (with 37 comments) and other local papers about this issue, which I wrote about on the 19th in relation to the Cabinet meeting of the 14th. Changing an entire culture of an organisation and how councillors do scrutiny in the future is always [...]

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Local events of interest over the holidays – Free swimming for children at leisure centres, Birkenhead Park tennis, Tam O’Shanter

Posted in Bidston, Bidston & St. James, Conservatives, Health, Labour, Lib Dems, Liverpool, Wirral Council, tagged , , , , , on April 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Over at the Wirral Tennis & Sports Centre there is currently the 11th Annual Easter Weekend Aikido festival. Birkenhead Park visitor centre is currently showing (until the 29th April) a free photographic exhibition about Wirral’s industrial heritage (provided by the Friends of Birkenhead Park). Free swimming for children over the holidays will be provided at [...]

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Cabinet 14th April 2011 – Department of Adult Social Services – Report of the Independent Investigator

Posted in Bidston, Bidston & St. James, Department of Adult Social Services, Martin Morton on April 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Although the covering report about the independent investigator’s report into Social Services (despite multiple requests by myself) was not circulated to those present at the meeting, it has since been published on on Wirral Council’s website. It makes interesting reading. A few quotes about how Wirral Council treated its former employee Martin Morton:- “Mr Smith [...]

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Councillors Allowances – Details published by Wirral Council

Posted in Bidston & St. James, Wirral Council, tagged , on April 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The amounts paid to councillors by Wirral Council and separately for the Mayor of Wirral has (finally) been published. Unfortunately the amounts for outside bodies (eg Merseytravel, Merseyside Police Authority, Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Authority) have yet to be received by Wirral Council (but should be published sometime by the relevant [...]

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HMCS Athabaskan

Posted in Liverpool, tagged , on April 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Following on writing about HMS Campbeltown, my wife and I went on a look around the Canadian Navy flagship HMCS Athabaskan. Unfortunately I forgot to put the memory card in my camera and the batteries ran out by the time I got back which meant the photos were lost. Differences between HMCS Athabaskan and HMS [...]

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Flytipping – alleyway and shop on corner of Hoylake Road/Challis Street, Bidston

Posted in Area Forum, Bidston, Bidston & St. James, Elections, Labour, Lib Dems, Wirral Council, tagged , , , , , on April 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The video above is of me interviewing my wife Leonora about an issue of concern to local residents that’s been rumbling on for years. Not only is the alleyway behind the shops getting full of rubbish (the gates put there to cut down on it have been vandalised and one is lying at an angle [...]

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Anonymous Registration – Electoral Roll – One less reason not to register to vote

Posted in Elections, tagged on April 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »

One of the common things you hear from people on the doorstep as to why they won’t vote is that they don’t want people tracking them down through the electoral roll. However people can register anonymously. If for example you fear domestic violence or are in an occupation where your name and address needs to [...]

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Cabinet meeting – 14th April 2011 – Election Special Edition – Part 7 – Budget, Governance Statement, savings & PwC, Local Government Resource Review

Posted in Bidston, Bidston & St. James, Cabinet, Lib Dems, Tax, Wirral Council, tagged on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Cllr Holbrook said he welcome the announcement regarding the Enterprise Zone and referred to Wirral Waters. The amendment was agreed. Item 4 – the Annual Governance Statement was agreed. Item 5 was the Contracts Review. Ian Coleman said that Wirral Council were to engage PricewaterhouseCoopers to look at the fifty largest contracts. The credits would [...]

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Cabinet meeting – 14th April 2011 – Election Special Edition – Part 6 – Support for Wirral Council’s Coastal Resort Towns, Chancellor’s Budget

Posted in Bidston, Bidston & St. James, Cabinet, Wirral Council on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Cllr Green said the cherry on the cake had been improvement of half a million pounds to improve shopping services. Cllr Lewis said a package of measures was still in place. Ian Coleman (Director of Finance) replied. Bill Norman (Borough Solicitor) said it was still there. The Chief Executive Designate said it was still there. [...]

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Cabinet meeting – 14th April 2011 – Election Special Edition – Part 5 – Support for Wirral Council’s Coastal Resort Towns

Posted in Area Forum, Bidston, Bidston & St. James, Cabinet, Claughton, Conservatives, Labour, Lib Dems, Wirral Council, tagged on April 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Cllr Green said a series of lessons had been learnt, the key lesson being regarding how and why regarding the opportunity to get involved. Allsop’s letter had asked the Cabinet not to go forward. He was not minded to do so as they needed to move forward. The controversy was around the criteria and issues [...]

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