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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 speaking about vulnerable children , it’s not a halfway house, we’re talking about vulnerable people...

Ballot box THIS year's 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 the independent candidates standing in 2021 said to the Star about the campaign and the issues they a...

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 the impact the pandemic will have on campaigning, with parties having to shift to online campaigns as...

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).