A blog about Wirral Council, Wirral Council's councillors & officers
A blog about Wirral Council's public meetings, Wirral Council's councillors, Bidston & St. James ward and other public bodies on Merseyside
What went wrong at Liverpool City Council and why should you care? By John Brace (Editor) and Leonora Brace (Co-Editor) First publication date: 3rd March 2021, 11:49 (GMT). Considering the reaction to yesterday’s Is Liverpool City Council in denial? I thought it a good idea to write another piece about Liverpool City Council.
By John Brace (Editor) and Leonora Brace (Co-Editor)
First publication date: 3rd March 2021, 11:49 (GMT).
Considering the reaction to yesterday’s Is Liverpool City Council in denial? I thought it a good idea to write another piece about Liverpool City Council.
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This blog post is dedicated to Ellen Forster (who has started a regular weekly vodcast called Conversations by the Sea) and Anna Codrea-Rado. Both have taught me a lot in a short time and reminded me some of what I’d forgotten.
By John Brace (Editor) and Leonora Brace (Co-Editor)
First publication date: 2nd March 2021, 10:44 (GMT).
Continue reading “Is Liverpool City Council in denial?”
So who’s putting up your council tax in Wirral, Liverpool, St Helens, Knowsley and Sefton and what happened when the Race Equality Task Force reported?
By John Brace (Editor) and Leonora Brace (Co-Editor)
First publication date: 7th February 2021, 15:37 (GMT)
This last week has been an interesting one, as politicians decided (despite concerns about affordability) to put up local taxes such as council tax for the people of Merseyside.
Thursday saw a public meeting of the Merseyside Police and Crime Panel meet (who are ten councillors appointed by the district councils on Merseyside (Wirral, Liverpool, St Helens, Knowsley and Sefton) plus two independent members.
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Councillors scrutinise Mayor of Liverpool after 2 year scrutiny review into how developments in Liverpool were financed
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Regeneration and Sustainability Select Committee (Liverpool City Council) 12th August 2020
By John Brace (Editor)
and
Leonora Brace (Co-Editor)
First publication date: 13th August 2020, 11:31 (BST).
Yesterday (12th August 2020) Liverpool City Council held a public meeting of its Regeneration and Sustainability Select Committee to discuss the outcome of a 2 year scrutiny review looking into the obscurely named topic of fractional investment.
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How have councils been coping with virtual public meetings in the last month and what public meetings are happening locally in the week starting 11th May 2020?
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Cabinet (Liverpool City Council) 7th May 2020
As public meetings of local councils move online to virtual meetings, after a month of the new arrangements I thought it was time to write a piece about different council’s approaches including where things have gone wrong or well.
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