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Lancashire Police fraud investigation widened to “include alleged criminality within Liverpool City Council and the Merseyside Pension Fund”

Lancashire Police fraud investigation widened to “include alleged criminality within Liverpool City Council and the Merseyside Pension Fund”

Lancashire Police fraud investigation widened to “include alleged criminality within Liverpool City Council and the Merseyside Pension Fund”

                                        

Ged Fitzgerald (Former Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council) is on bail after being arrested last year
Ged Fitzgerald (Former Chief Executive, Liverpool City Council) is on bail after being arrested last year

Regular readers of this blog will remember a story last year about the arrest of former Liverpool Chief Executive Ged Fitzgerald on suspicion of both conspiracy to pervert the course of justice and witness intimidation.
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Why did University of Liverpool staff go on strike?

Why did University of Liverpool staff go on strike?

Why did University of Liverpool staff go on strike?

                                                    

University Square (Liverpool) 24th April 2018
University Square (Liverpool) 24th April 2018

Above is a photo of University Square, Liverpool where hundreds of people gathered on the 8th March 2018 (not the day that photo was taken) as part of a UCU (University and College Union) strike to do with proposed changes to pensions.

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UCU (Universities and Colleges Union) protest in University Square, Liverpool (8th March 2018)
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Cllr Geoffrey Watt elected Mayor of Wirral for 2018-19

Cllr Geoffrey Watt elected Mayor of Wirral for 2018-19

Cllr Geoffrey Watt elected Mayor of Wirral for 2018-19

                                            

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Annual Meeting (Part 1) (Wirral Council) 14th May 2018 Part 1 of 5
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Wirral Council will broadcast a Council meeting live online for the first time tonight!

Wirral Council will broadcast a Council meeting live online for the first time tonight!

Wirral Council will broadcast a Council meeting live online for the first time tonight!

                                      

Planning Committee (Wirral Council) 19th April 2018 which is the most recent Wirral Council public meeting I’ve filmed
Planning Committee (Wirral Council) 19th April 2018 which is the most recent Wirral Council public meeting I’ve filmed

I’ll start at the outset by declaring an interest as someone who also films public meetings of Wirral Council.

Tonight, Wirral Council will for the first time broadcast a Council meeting live on the internet. This follows award of a webcasting contract to Public-I Group Limited.
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Election Result (Wirral Council, 2018): Pensby and Thingwall: Labour hold (Kate Cannon)

Election Result (Wirral Council, 2018): Pensby and Thingwall: Labour hold (Kate Cannon)

Election Result (Wirral Council, 2018): Pensby and Thingwall: Labour hold (Kate Cannon)

                       








Pensby and Thingwall Ward
 
Name of candidate    Description (if any) Votes  %
CANNON
Kate Marianne		 Labour 1,878  43.9%  Elected
COLLINS
Michael John		 Conservative  1,855  43.4%  Not elected
JOHNSON
Lucy Eva		 Liberal Democrats 298  6.97%  Not elected
BURTON
Allen John		 Green Party 244  5.71%  Not elected

There were 7 rejected ballot papers, the electorate was 10,473 and the turnout was 40.9%.

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