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She added “concerns over the proximity of the A580 have been dismissed”. Speaking for the applicants, Abigayle Boardman, of agents Leith Planning, spoke to the committee on behalf of the applicants, who she described as a “reputable provider of education”. She also made reference to a previous application for a children’s home on Pilkington Street, Rainford which received backing from the planning committee in March. Committee member Cllr Seve Gomez-Aspron said: “We are spea...

Ballot box THIS years local elections in St Helens will see several independent candidates running once again. There are currently three independent councillors at the town hall, who are not affiliated to a political party. Independent candidates have risen in prominence in recent years, especially in Rainhill ward, which has seen independents elected at the last two elections, with James Tasker and Donna Greaves displacing the Labour incumbents in 2018 and 2019. Here is what some of th...

Boris Johnson suspended the 2020 local government elections for 12 months following guidance from the Electoral Commission. There had been some uncertainty over whether they would still go ahead as planned this May, given the perilous situation found across the country. But last Friday the government announced that local elections, which will include mayoral and Police and Crime Commissioner elections, scheduled for May 6, 2021, will go ahead as planned. Politically, a big concern is t...

St Helens Council will call on its Labour MPs to lobby the government to reverse its decision to cut the £12 million Union Learning Fund (ULF).

ST HELENS Council will call on its Labour MPs to lobby the government to reverse its decision to cut the £12 million Union Learning Fund (ULF).

Balancing the budget By far the biggest challenge for St Helens Borough Council in 2020 will be to close a projected £20.4 million funding gap so it can deliver a balanced budget. Senior Labour politicians have been working on budget proposals – described by council leader David Baines as “drastic” – for several months now. The council had originally been developing an emergency budget in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw all of its services come under review. This w...

Vietnam veteran Jim Savage presented the commission with the formal request Tuesday. “We have been working on this for the past six years, and in the past three or four months, things are falling into place,” Savage said. “The memorial is eight feet wide and five feet tall at its highest peak and three panels.” Military insignia will be placed within the memorial, and it will be professionally placed. “We are looking to start late spring or early summer,” Savage sa...