TAKING BACK CONTROL OF OUR STREETS Wednesday, 20 November, 2024 Looking back at some of Sefton’s Labour Party election material, one of the pledges that were portrayed was to take back control of our streets. This could be construed to be concerned with antisocial behaviour, damage to property; youngsters riding scrambler bikes, motor bikes or speeding drivers who use some roads as race tracks in their high performance vehicles. Cracking down on this behaviour... Local News
14,208 Sefton residents to get a pay rise 22nd November 2023 Local Conservatives have welcomed an increase to the National Living Wage for an estimated 14,208 people across Sefton. The Conservative Government is... Local News
Location Location - School places in Maghull 21st November 2023 One has only to watch the popular television programme to realise that location of a house is an important factor for house buyers when deciding where to settle... Local News
Conservatives Vote Against over 6% Rise in Councillor’s Allowances 18th November 2023 At the meeting on Thursday 16th November of Sefton Council at Southport Town Hall, one of the items on the agenda was the proposed increase in Councillor’s... Local News
Sefton's population is growing - but do we have the infrastructure to support it? 17th November 2023 Sefton Council this month have produced a report to the Cabinet Member for Planning and Building Control on the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment... Local News
Extra 1,150 primary care staff across Merseyside, Wirral & Cheshire since 2019 10th November 2023 Across Merseyside, Wirral and Cheshire, there are now 1,150 more staff working in primary care than there were in 2019, helping to provide 20% more appointments... Local News
Our Sefton Coastline 6th November 2023 In August 2021 and again in January 2022 we wrote about the Council’s lack of attention to our precious coastline. We had hoped that over these past 2 years... Local News
Yet more funding from the Conservative Government to improve our environment. 6th November 2023 Two Sefton greenspaces benefit from improvement works Sefton Council was one of 85 local authorities who were identified by the Government to receive funding... Local News
Remembrance Sunday 1st November 2023 Remembrance Sunday is a national opportunity to remember the service and sacrifice of all those that have defended our freedoms and protected our way of life... Local News
Nearly 40,000 families to get £300 cost of living help across Sefton 1st November 2023 The second Cost of Living payment worth £300 is now arriving for nearly 40,000 of the most vulnerable and low income households in the Southport, Sefton Central... Local News
Cost of Corbyn: Labour's plans for 108 new taxpayer funded quangos revealed 10th December 2019 New analysis shows that Labour’s manifesto commits to creating over 100 new quangos, with a total cost of £13.2 billion over the next five years. National News
Brexit, actually 9th December 2019 Boris Johnson's funny election advert parodies Love Actually but makes an important point: this election is too close to call. National News
Revealed: Labour’s plan to make our streets less safe 9th December 2019 Labour’s opposition to stop and search would increase crime on our streets, putting frontline officers and communities at risk. National News
Sport investment will get us ready for the World Cup bid 7th December 2019 A Conservative Majority Government will put a £550 million investment in grassroots football at the centre of its plans to back a UK and Ireland World Cup 2030... National News
Jeremy Corbyn’s plans to rig a second EU referendum 6th December 2019 The Prime Minister has written a letter urging Jeremy Corbyn to reconsider his Brexit policy and his plans to fiddle Labour’s second Brexit referendum. National News
Corbyn’s new high street tax will clobber local shops 6th December 2019 Labour’s plans for a new ‘land value tax’ will clobber high streets and town centres. National News
