Category: Cabinet

Wirral Council’s Cabinet agree to recommend consultation on draft Local Plan in early 2020

Wirral Council’s Cabinet agree to recommend consultation on draft Local Plan in early 2020

Wirral Council’s Cabinet agree to recommend consultation on draft Local Plan in early 2020

                           

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Cabinet (Wirral Council) 30th September 2019 Part 1 of 2

House building on the Wirral 2018
House building on the Wirral in 2018

In the familiar setting of Committee Room 1 at Wallasey Town Hall this morning, Wirral Council’s Cabinet made a number of decisions and outlined how councillors thought some of them would benefit Wirral people as well as taking the time to highlight a few awards that had been won.

Yet, despite all the positivity on the agenda there was also the contentious and controversial Local Plan (previously called the Core Strategy Local Plan) which Labour’s support in the past for had been seen as one of the reasons why Labour lost their majority on Wirral Council in the May local elections earlier this year.
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Wirral Council overspent its budget by £4.327 million in first three months of this financial year!

Wirral Council overspent its budget by £4.327 million in first three months of this financial year!

Wirral Council overspent its budget by £4.327 million in first three months of this financial year!

                                                  

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Cabinet (Wirral Council) 2nd September 2019

Wirral Council Cabinet (2nd September 2019) Cllr Pat Hackett (right) presenting a finance report on quarter 1
Wirral Council Cabinet (2nd September 2019) Cllr Pat Hackett (right) presenting a finance report on quarter 1

In an extremely short seven minute long public meeting of Wirral Council’s Cabinet on Monday morning held at the slightly earlier time of 9.30 am, the Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources (Cllr Janette Williamson) was not present so Leader of the Council Cllr Pat Hackett gave a verbal summary of the written financial report in her absence.
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Are Wirral Council’s Wirral View newssheet days numbered after 26 editions?

Are Wirral Council’s Wirral View newssheet days numbered after 26 editions?

Are Wirral Council’s Wirral View newssheet days numbered after 26 editions?

                                       

Wirral View logo
Wirral View logo – the logo is from Wirral View’s website and is used here exercising the exception for news reporting (section 30)

Wirral View started (its first edition was in October 2016) after a troubled start when the decision of former Cllr Matthew Patrick to start it was called in for scrutiny by councillors in 2016.

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Business Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Wirral Council) 27th July 2016

ICO the regulator upheld Wirral Council’s refusal to release the legal advice relating to this departure from the Code in ICO decision notices FS50651166, FS50646730 and FS50646655.
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Wirral Council allocate £1,600 each to those made homeless by New Ferry explosion, but 2018-19 accounts won’t be audited on time

Wirral Council allocate £1,600 each to those made homeless by New Ferry explosion, but 2018-19 accounts won’t be audited on time

Wirral Council allocate £1,600 each to those made homeless by New Ferry explosion, but 2018-19 accounts won’t be audited on time

                                     

McCloud (Highlander) - but sadly the McCloud referred to was an age discrimination case involving pensions for judges and firefighters
McCloud (Highlander) – but sadly the McCloud referred to was an age discrimination case involving pensions for judges and firefighters

In the morning Wirral Council’s Cabinet (see below) agreed to £1,600 each towards New Ferry residents made homeless for a week or more and £1,600 to businesses that found themselves behind the cordon (subject to all of them filling out a form and waiting for the money despite Wirral Council knowing who these people are). Just in case you’re wondering how long it’s been the explosion in New Ferry happened in March 2017. On the plus side unlike Kensington and Chelsea’s Cabinet post-Grenfell Tower Wirral Council’s Cabinet did allow residents to attend this meeting and didn’t require journalists to get a court order to attend either.
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Is the decision to close 2 Walk In Centres at Moreton and New Ferry last week unlawful?

Is the decision to close 2 Walk In Centres at Moreton and New Ferry last week unlawful?

Is the decision to close 2 Walk In Centres at Moreton and New Ferry last week unlawful?

                                    

Joint Strategic Commissioning Board (Wirral Council) 9th July 2019 Left Co-Chair Cllr Chris Jones Right Co-Chair Dr Paula Cowan
Joint Strategic Commissioning Board (Wirral Council) 9th July 2019 Left Co-Chair Cllr Chris Jones Right Co-Chair Dr Paula Cowan

The author is currently a party to an Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) case where one of the multiple grounds of appeal is that the decision subject to judicial review is alleged to have been made by the wrong people.

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Joint Strategic Commissioning Board (Wirral Council) 9th July 2019 Part 1 of 2

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Joint Strategic Commissioning Board (Wirral Council) 9th July 2019 Part 2 of 2

Last week I was present at a public meeting of Wirral Council’s Joint Strategic Commissioning Board (videos above) and a decision made solely by the Wirral Clinical Commissioning Group (Wirral CCG) individuals on the Joint Board was made to close two walk in centres at Moreton and New Ferry.
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