Tonight I attended my first Scrutiny Programme Board meeting. After all the preliminarys we got into the meat of the Agenda. One of the roles of the Scrutiny Board is to determine which scrutiny committee any items that are ‘Called In’ from Cabinet should be sent to. This entails trying to get the committee together [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Wirral Council’
Suspicious Minds!
Posted in Wirral Council, tagged Labour, Scrutiny, Standards, Wirral Council on June 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks!
Posted in Moreton, tagged Cllr Chris Blakeley, Moreton, Planning, Town Meadow Lane, Wirral Council, Wirral Partnership Homes, WPH on June 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday between 1pm and 7pm I was outside the shops on Town Meadow Lane, when I attended the Wirral Partnership Homes (WPH) Open Day, where local residents could look at the plans for the redevelopment and regeneration of the derelict Shops and Maisonettes. As well as the architect being present there were also representatives of WPH [...]
Nine Empty Chairs!
Posted in Chris Blakeley, tagged Cllr Jeff Green, Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Wirral Council on May 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The one and only debate last night was Labours proposal to replace Councillor Jeff Geen as Leader with Steve Foulkes. All nine Liberal Democrats took the decision not to make a decision and abstain, it meant 30 Labour Councillors voted for the proposal while 26 Conservatives voted against. (one of our group was missing) Like many people [...]
A Very Sad Day!
Posted in Moreton, tagged Biscuit manufacturing, Burton Foods, Cadbury's, Moreton, Pasture Road, Trade Unions, Wirral Council on May 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sadly Burton’s Foods have announced the outcome of their company wide business review and have commenced the briefing of the workforce on their decision. Their review originally recommended the closure of the Moreton Plant and the outsourcing of chocolate refining, however in April it was agreed that the Company would give further consideration to alternative proposals from the Trade [...]
Don’t Go Back!
Posted in Local Conservatives, tagged Cllr Jeff Green, Conservatives, Lib Dems, Local Elections, New Labour, Wirral, Wirral Council on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Unbelieveable!
Posted in Politics, tagged BT Convention Centre, Echo Arena, Jeff Green, Labour Party, Liverpool, Wirral Council on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Its seems the Labour Party has written to Wirral to ‘seek’ some form of sponsorship for its 2011 annual conference which this year is being held in Liverpool. You can read the letter to the Council Leader, Jeff Green by clicking HERE The Leader of Wirral Council, Jeff Green, received his letter from the General [...]
On Thursday May 5th Vote for Steve WILLIAMS
Posted in elections, Local Conservatives, tagged Chris Blakeley, Local Elections, Moreton West and Saughall Massie, Simon Mountney, Steve Williams, Wirral Council on April 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
As a lifelong resident of Moreton West & Saughall Massie ward Steve is really keen to continue to tackle the issues in our community. As one of the local councillors for Moreton West & Saughall Massie, Steve keeps in touch all year round, while he can’t solve every problem, he will always do his best On Thursday [...]
Roll on May 5th
Posted in 1, tagged Local Conservatives, Local Elections, May 5th, Wirral Council on April 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was delighted to receive a text today to tell me that my colleague, Cllr Steve Williams nomination for the local elections on May 5th had been approved by the Councils Returning Officer as a valid nomination. Steve works as hard as anyone for Moreton and Saughall Massie and I hope that his efforts are [...]
Pick It Up, or Pay The Price!
Posted in Local Conservatives, Wirral Council, tagged Cllr Steve Williams, Dog Fouling, Wirral Conservatives, Wirral Council on March 31, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Wirral’s new Conservative-led Council as well as freezing Council Tax, have reduced the running costs of the Council, which has allowed them to invest in important local services. Tackling those owners who don’t clean up after their pets is one of the new plans. Now, a permanent new team of officers will be given the [...]
Young and Old Alike!
Posted in Children, Community, Housing, tagged Denis Knowles, Esther McVey MP, Housing 21, Seacombe, Wallasey, Weatherhead Media College, Wirral Council on March 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Friday, after accompanying Wirral West MP, Esther McVey to a morning assembly at Weatherhead School, at which she talked of her inspirational ‘bookazine’ “If Chloe Can’ and in my capacity as Wirral’s Cabinet Member for Housing and Community Safety, I went along to the official opening of Willow Bank, the new Housing 21 extra care facility [...]
