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MAJOR cuts to Wirral’s leisure services are on their way, but that is just one thing we found out after last night’s crunch council meeting.

A councillor has warned colleagues that Wirral Council could face government intervention if it does not get its regeneration programme right.

The Mersey Dee Alliance (MDA) has welcomed the UK Government’s “vote of confidence” in the region after awarding the HyNet carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) scheme Track 1 status. The MDA – a partnership that supports economic growth across North East Wales, West Cheshire and Wirral – has said the Track 1 cluster funding […]

Cheap council houses coming to Birkenhead area The homes could be available at less than 60 per cent of the market rate 13:13, 11 MAR 2021 Many homes have already been delivered at Sevenoaks (Image: Lovell Partnerships) Get our MyWirral newsletter, for the best news, pictures, opinions and video from across the peninsulaInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they�...

Wirral school in £558k debt hid its cash problems A council officer said steps have been taken to prevent this happening again 18:20, 10 MAR 2021 Updated Woodchurch Road Primary School in Oxton (Image: Google streetview) A Wirral school which got into a deficit of more than half a million pounds “concealed” its money problems, according to a council report. Last night, Wirral Council’s audit and risk management committee discussed the huge financial problems at Woodchurch Road...

The authoritys annual snapshot for 2020, conducted in November, report the figure of zero rough sleepers. In 2019s snapshot, there were six rough sleepers in Wirral and in 2018 there were 16. The council said that changes to its Housing Options service, plus government support during the pandemic, have helped to achieve this welcome result. One change was the introduction of a ‘triage’ system, where the council worked with housing providers to make sure everyone who needed it was p...

From killer gunmen to a fake cancer bride: 600 people locked up in Merseyside in 2020 Murderers, evil rapists, gangland thugs and bent cops were all jailed last year Updated L-R Clement Martin, Toni Standen and Lee Abbott Get the inside track on the big stories from Liverpool Crown Court with our weekly newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll i...

MP David Lammy says Wirral Tory leader candidate beyond the pale after KKK comment Cllr David Burgess-Joyce reiterated his apology to David Lammy after saying he was tired when he tweeted 12:43, 18 DEC 2020 Cllr David Burgess-Joyce, who could become the next leader of Wirral Councils Conservative group (Image: Liverpool ECHO) Get our MyWirral newsletter, for the best news, pictures, opinions and video from across the peninsulaInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up no...

Cllr David Burgess-Joyce was suspended from the Tory group on Wirral Council following his remarks last year THE man who could be the next leader of the Wirral Conservatives has been slammed by a black Labour MP who he compared to the Ku Klux Klan. Cllr David Burgess-Joyce, a Tory councillor in Wirral, is "beyond the pale", according to Tottenham MP David Lammy. Last year, Cllr Burgess-Joyce compared the now shadow justice secretary to the Ku Klux Klan – the American white supremacist ...