What did Merseyside Police spend money on (112 pages of invoices)?

What did Merseyside Police spend money on (112 pages of invoices)?

What did Merseyside Police spend money on (112 pages of invoices)?

                                  

On Tuesday morning the Merseyside Police and Crime Panel meets to consider the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside’s Budget for 2018-19. That includes the budget for Merseyside Police and the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside.

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.

Continues at What did Merseyside Police spend money on (96 pages of invoices)?

Continue reading “What did Merseyside Police spend money on (112 pages of invoices)?”

Councillors recommend 10p rise in Mersey Tunnel cash tolls from 1st April 2018

Councillors recommend 10p rise in Mersey Tunnel cash tolls from 1st April 2018

Councillors recommend 10p rise in Mersey Tunnel cash tolls from 1st April 2018

                                          

Please accept YouTube cookies to play this video. By accepting you will be accessing content from YouTube, a service provided by an external third party.

YouTube privacy policy

If you accept this notice, your choice will be saved and the page will refresh.

Transport Committee (Liverpool City Region Combined Authority) 1st February 2018 Part 1 of 2

Cllr Steve Foulkes (Transport Committee) LCRCA 1st February 2018 Mersey Tunnel tolls item
Cllr Steve Foulkes (Transport Committee) LCRCA 1st February 2018 Mersey Tunnel tolls item

The author’s wife has a Fast Tag for the Mersey Tunnels issued on disability grounds, therefore she does not have to pay the tolls referred to below.

Yesterday (at the time of publication which you can watch above) was the annual public meeting where councillors on the Transport Committee (formerly called the Merseytravel Committee) of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority made a recommendation on the Mersey Tunnel tolls (although the final decision will be made after this article is published by a different set of politicians on the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority). Continue reading “Councillors recommend 10p rise in Mersey Tunnel cash tolls from 1st April 2018”

What are Wirral Council’s budget proposals on garden waste and cuts in services to the Irish community?

What are Wirral Council’s budget proposals on garden waste and cuts in services to the Irish community?

What are Wirral Council’s budget proposals on garden waste and cuts in services to the Irish community?

                                       

The author of this piece has one parent who has dual Irish & British nationality.

Below are briefing notes sent to councillors following a behind closed doors meeting to discuss budget cuts (that have yet to be formally agreed).

Topics covered include garden waste (where it’s noted that the plan shows that the Wirral Globe receives £3,000 and Wirral View £2,200), defunding a service provided through Sadir House for people with HIV/AIDS and defunding services provided through Irish Community Care Merseyside to the Irish and Irish traveller communities.
Continue reading “What are Wirral Council’s budget proposals on garden waste and cuts in services to the Irish community?”

EXCLUSIVE: What was Cllr Phil Davies’ last-minute reply to a letter threatening government intervention?

EXCLUSIVE: What was Cllr Phil Davies’ last-minute reply to a letter threatening government intervention?

EXCLUSIVE: What was Cllr Phil Davies’ last-minute reply to a letter threatening government intervention?

                              

Last year, it was revealed at a special meeting of Wirral Council’s Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee (which can be watched below) that a government minister had written to Wirral Council expressing his concern that Wirral Council wasn’t preparing a Local Plan quick enough. A deadline of 31st January 2018 (yesterday) was given to reply.

Please accept YouTube cookies to play this video. By accepting you will be accessing content from YouTube, a service provided by an external third party.

YouTube privacy policy

If you accept this notice, your choice will be saved and the page will refresh.

Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee 7th December 2018 Part 1 of 2

Please accept YouTube cookies to play this video. By accepting you will be accessing content from YouTube, a service provided by an external third party.

YouTube privacy policy

If you accept this notice, your choice will be saved and the page will refresh.

Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee 7th December 2018 Part 2 of 2

Below is Cllr Phil Davies’ reply sent yesterday to the letter, followed by two attachments. The matter was also discussed by councillors yesterday at a regular public meeting of the Environment Overview and Scrutiny Committee (although councillors and the public present were handed out the reply and two attachments at the start of that agenda item rather than the start of the meeting which left little opportunity for it to be read in detail or scrutiny).
Continue reading “EXCLUSIVE: What was Cllr Phil Davies’ last-minute reply to a letter threatening government intervention?”

British Transport Police appeal for information following assault of officer at Hamilton Square Train Station on Wednesday 10th January 2018

British Transport Police appeal for information following assault of officer at Hamilton Square Train Station on Wednesday 10th January 2018

British Transport Police appeal for information following assault of officer at Hamilton Square Train Station on Wednesday 10th January 2018

                                        

Hamilton Square train station 10th January 2018 6.13pm British Transport Police 374 of 10/01/18
Hamilton Square train station 10th January 2018 6.13pm British Transport Police case 374 of 10/01/18

This story is based on a press release which in the interests of transparency can be read in full on the British Transport Police website.

British Transport Police officers are appealing for information about an incident at Hamilton Square Train Station, Birkenhead, Wirral that happened on Wednesday 10th January 2018 at 6.13 pm.

A British Transport Police Police Community Support Officer was on patrol at the train station, when a man came through the ticket barriers to use the toilet.

The man then attempted to leave the train station without a ticket. The Police Community Support Officer tried to stop him and ended up with a dislocated finger. The man was last seen in the direction of Bridge Street.

British Transport Police officers would like to speak to the man in the CCTV image above as he may have information that could help them with their investigation. Anyone with any information should contact British Transport Police on 0800 40 50 40 or text 61016 citing reference 374 of 10/01/18.

If you click on any of the buttons below, you’ll be doing me a favour by sharing this article with other people.