Merseyside Police and Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside deem it “unreasonable” to comply with their legal requirements to provide information during the 30 day public inspection period
Merseyside Police and Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside deem it “unreasonable” to comply with their legal requirements to provide information during the 30 day public inspection period
By John Brace (Editor)
First publication date: 13th August 2020, 19:10 (BST).
Will council tax rise by 5.98% for Wirral residents from 2018-19?
Will council tax rise by 5.98% for Wirral residents from 2018-19?
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The author of this piece declares a financial interest in that my wife is liable to pay council tax to Wirral Council for a residential property we both live in on the Wirral.
The piece was possible because of a collaboration with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ).
An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the overall increase was 5.2%, when it is in fact 5.98%. This was corrected at 19:22 on the 21.2.18 by JB.
Councillors on Merseyside Police and Crime Panel agree to 7.2% rise in police element of council tax from April 2018
Councillors on Merseyside Police and Crime Panel agree to 7.2% rise in police element of council tax from April 2018
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Last year (due to the snap general election) I didn’t do a citizen audit of expenditure by Merseyside Police.
Below are 112 pages from the year before (2015-2016) I asked for which covers about a third of the invoices that were supplied. This is from a larger cache of documents.
The below documents range from amounts paid to solicitors to end lawsuits, various invoices from other public bodies, charges relating to police dogs, a seized vehicle being auctioned and many other types of expenditure.