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
Less safe, more strain, fewer opportunities – new analysis reveals what will happen to your child’s education under Corbyn 29th November 2019 New analysis has revealed the true threat of Corbyn’s Labour to our country’s schools. National News
Only the Conservatives will protect standards in our schools 28th November 2019 A Conservative majority government will give Ofsted greater powers and more money to improve discipline in classrooms and bolster school standards, under new... National News
Ed Miliband falsely claiming to back Brexit to his leave voting constituents 28th November 2019 On the day it emerged that Labour are relaunching their general election campaign strategy to focus on leave voting areas, it can be revealed that their former... National News
Conservatives to launch new plan to tackle addiction 28th November 2019 A Conservative majority Government will launch a new initiative to drive down drug related deaths and tackle addiction head on, Health Secretary Matt Hancock... National News
To unleash our full potential, we need women more than ever 28th November 2019 On the 100th anniversary of the first female MP taking her seat in the House of Commons, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has celebrated the contribution of female... National News
Jeremy Corbyn’s policy of continuing free movement with the EU would cost over £4 billion in benefits 27th November 2019 New analysis has revealed that Jeremy Corbyn’s plan to continue free movement with EU countries would cost DWP over £4 billion in extra benefit costs over the... National News
