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
Local Conservatives Condemn Labour Tax Hike 21st February 2023 Sefton Conservatives have criticised Labour plans to increase Council Tax by almost 5% for residents across the borough. A draft budget summary has been... Local News
Guarantees needed after flood of complaints - Harington Ward - Cllr Joe Riley 9th February 2023 Conservatives have secured guarantees that the building of a large housing estate in Formby will only go ahead if flood and drainage protection meets with... Local News
Protecting caravan site rights by not burying their heads in the sand - Harington Ward 9th February 2023 Local Conservatives are helping to act as peace brokers for residents of a Sefton caravan site under threat from pathetic bureaucracy. Freshfield caravan park... Local News
One track minds on the road to ruin - Blundellsands Ward 7th February 2023 Conservatives have been at the forefront of scrapping, once and for all, Sefton’s Labour Council’s plans for a coastal cycle path in Crosby and Waterloo between... Local News
Levelling with the facts as well as the cash 6th February 2023 There is a conspiracy theory among sceptics that one person’s levelling up is another’s levelling down. But even in a world where virtually every financial... Local News
Welcome to Sefton, where heritage is neglected and resented 16th January 2023 Labour leader has latched on to another vacuous promise - a greener future. If he were really serious about the issue he would have done his homework and... Local News
Our only enemy is voter apathy for the May 2023 elections 3rd January 2023 By Joe Riley, Conservative parish and borough councillor for Harington Ward A new year, by its very nature, concentrates the mind, and not least politically. It... Local News
Sefton Central Constituency - Parish & Town Council Elections 2023 (The 10 Parishes) 1st December 2022 In May 2023 local elections will take place at Borough, Town and Parish level. Over 100 seats could be up for election (depends on any uncontested seats) across... ArticlesAssembly News
Protecting our local environment 3rd November 2022 Cutting plastic waste. Protecting our rivers and oceans. Tougher action against polluters. The government’s Environment Act sets legally binding targets to... Local News
The Prime Minister's letter on Coronavirus: Stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives. 30th March 2020 Read the Prime Minister’s guidance everyone should follow and the measures the government has put in place to fight Coronavirus. National News
The Government's Coronavirus support package for the self-employed 27th March 2020 The Chancellor has announced a new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme – helping many of our country’s self-employed workers. National News
Your NHS needs you – how to become an NHS Volunteer Responder 25th March 2020 The NHS has issued a call for volunteers to support the 1.5 million extremely vulnerable people in our society. Here’s how to take part. National News
Support packages for businesses affected by Coronavirus 24th March 2020 The Chancellor has announced a number of temporary, timely and targeted measures to support businesses in this time of national need. National News
Stay at Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives 23rd March 2020 Boris Johnson's speech to the nation to send us into lockdown: getting everyone to stay at home to protect the NHS to save lives. National News
How we’re helping people affected by Coronavirus 20th March 2020 We’re providing a coordinated, comprehensive response to coronavirus so every person in this country has the support they need in the coming months. National News