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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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Why did Wirral Council councillors vote for a just over 4.5% council tax rise?
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Wirral Council (Budget) 6th March 2017 Part 1 of 5
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Wirral Council (Budget) 6th March 2017 Part 2 of 5
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Wirral Council (Budget) 6th March 2017 Part 3 of 5
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Wirral Council (Budget) 6th March 2017 Part 4 of 5
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Wirral Council (Budget) 6th March 2017 Part 4 of 5
It’s been misreported in the press that both Wirral Council and Liverpool City Council agreed a 4.99% council tax rise.
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What did the Mayor of Wirral put in his letter to councillors asking them to behave better?
When I was younger there was a cartoon called Stoppit and Tidy Up (yes I realise I’m showing my age) narrated by the late Terry Wogan.
In it were two characters called BeeQuiet and BeeHave (hence the picture above).
Prior to last night’s Council meeting, a copy of a letter from the Mayor was put on all 66 councillors’ desks, then orders from above meant the copies were gathered back in again, only to be handed out again later.
At the actual meeting itself Labour councillors voted to reduce the scrutiny function at Wirral Council and reduce the number of scrutiny committees from four to three. This was opposed by the Green councillor, Lib Dem councillors and Conservative councillors.
However the letter from the Mayor to councillors is a "BeeQuiet and BeeHave" letter.
There were also speeches from each of the three party leaders about the EU Referendum.
Video of the first part of the Council meeting is included below the letter, I will add the second part once it has uploaded.
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Council (Wirral Council) 27th June 2016 EU Referendum and changes to scrutiny Part 1 of 2
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Council (Wirral Council) 27th June 2016 changes to scrutiny Part 2 of 2
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Well just over a month has passed since polling day the election for a Merseyside PCC and local councillors on the Wirral and on the 23rd June 2016 there will be a referendum about membership of the EU.
As I’ll be at Wirral Council’s Cabinet meeting on Monday morning, instead I thought I’d look back at the most read stories of last month (May 2016) and some of the most watched videos. Both are in order of most viewed (so the top number 1 slot was the one that attracted the most interest).
Top 7 articles on this blog (May 2016)
1. Who wouldn’t want you to read this story about the election of 4 Wirral councillors?
Since I wrote this story question marks have also been raised about the election of two further Wirral councillors not referred to by name in the article, which leads to unanswered questions about over a quarter of the 23 councillors elected. If all six elections had been (or are in the next 2 years) declared null and void*, no political party would have a majority on Wirral Council.
*Highly unlikely considering how this country works or doesn’t work and I’d like to point out that councillors/candidates are innocent until proven guilty and that trial by media doesn’t count.
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After the recent elections, the new year at Wirral Council began with the election of Cllr Pat Hackett as Mayor in front of hundreds of invited guests in the Civic Hall.
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Annual Council (Part 1) 16th May 2016 Part 1 of 2
Outgoing Mayor Cllr Les Rowlands gave a brief summary of his Mayoral year. During the year he had raised money for his three charities which were the North West Air Ambulance, Friends of Clatterbridge and the Alzheimer’s Society. His scariest moment during his year was scaling the 170 foot spire of St James Church in New Brighton to affix a new cross.
Cllr Phil Davies nominated fellow Labour councillor Cllr Pat Hackett to be Mayor and gave a brief speech about Cllr Pat Hackett’s life before he became a councillor for New Brighton in 1994. There were no other nominations so Cllr Pat Hackett was elected Mayor.
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Annual Council (Part 1) 16th May 2016 Part 2 of 2
Mayor Cllr Pat Hackett (perhaps not unsurprisingly) managed to talk at length about New Brighton and his life including a time he spent managing football teams. He talked enthusiastically about the regeneration of New Brighton and his time as Cabinet Member. His charities this year would be Wallasey Sea Cadets and the Wirral Narrowboat Trust. There would also be a general fund to make small donations to local charities that weren’t as well-known. Mayor Cllr Pat Hackett hoped everyone would enjoy the entertainment and told everyone that the food would be coming soon.
Cllr Ann McLachlan was elected unopposed as Deputy Mayor. The meeting was then adjourned to Tuesday evening when the rest of the business will be dealt with in the more usual venue of the Council Chamber. Following refurbishment, the Civic Hall at Wallasey Town Hall is available for hire.
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