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
Merseyside NHS gets cash AI to tackle lung cancer 31st October 2023 Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust and Mersey &... Local News
Ten simple questions about library services in Sefton 22nd October 2023 On 25th May 2023 Sefton’s Cabinet met to discuss the future of the Central Library in Waterloo and a proposal to build a new Library and Community Hub in Crosby... Local News
Crime down and 250 county lines smashed 22nd October 2023 With the Government's target of 20,000 extra police officers being achieved, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed that crime in England... Local News
Conservative Government's Household Support Fund Awareness Week 20th October 2023 Conservative Group Leader on Sefton Council, Mike Prendergast, has welcomed the launch of the Conservative Government’s Household Support Fund Awareness Week... Local News
Reading ability improves in Sefton schools 13th October 2023 Primary school pupils across Sefton show improvement in their reading ability. Phonics is a body of knowledge that is necessary for pupils to learn to read and... Local News
Sefton Council's growing planning hoard 6th October 2023 We have written previously about the way in which Sefton Council receives funding from housing developers but continually fails to spend the money on our local... Local News
44,000 pensioner households in Sefton to get extra help this winter 4th October 2023 Over the next two months, pensioner households across Sefton will receive letters from the Department of Work and Pensions with details of this year's Winter... Local News
Pay boost for Sefton residents as Living Wage to reach £11 2nd October 2023 In a significant boost for the lowest paid in Sefton, the National Living Wage is set to rise to at least £11 an hour from April. Based on the Low Pay... Local News
Supporting 10,879 veterans in Sefton 1st October 2023 The latest update from the Office for Veterans' Affairs outlines what has been achieved so far and what the government will do next, in partnership with... Local News
2022 Spring Forum to be hosted in Blackpool 10th July 2020 Conservative Party Co-Chairman, Amanda Milling MP, has today announced the Conservative Party will host its Spring Forum in Blackpool in 2022. National News
2022 Spring Forum to be hosted in Blackpool 10th July 2020 Conservative Party Co-Chairman, Amanda Milling MP, has today announced the Conservative Party will host its Spring Forum in Blackpool in 2022. National News
Rishi Sunak's Plan for Jobs: Speech in Full 9th July 2020 Our plan for jobs is about supporting people to find the jobs that are out there, creating new jobs through investing in our infrastructure and housing, and... National News
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News