Big plans, little money and an ‘elephant in the room’ at Wirral Council

Wirral’s future, questions about how to pay for it, a row over declared interests and arguments about housing and planning all featured at Wallasey Town Hall on Monday, with a few surprises thrown in too.

‘They fed her to the wolves for profit and for clicks’

From Hillsborough and the infected blood scandal to Southport and the deaths of Caroline Flack and Jason Arday, campaigners gathered in Liverpool to demand accountability from powerful institutions, including the media itself.

A ‘hornet’s nest’, an incredibly long train and unauthorised additives

What isn’t happening across Merseyside this week?

St Helens’ Reform leader is at it again

Who would have thought a politician dressed like this might have a problem with Black History Month?

Live: A gathering of councillors at Liverpool town hall

Dolly Parton, Tolstoy, Burnham, Palantir, a road safety emergency - and why Liverpool Foundation Homes hasn’t been shut down yet

Child taken to wrong address miles away as Ofsted finds ‘serious’ failures at Nugent home

The home has since been closed down

‘Deeds not words’ urged over city road safety emergency

‘Our roads are far too unsafe and people are losing their lives’

‘A complete failure’ and a ‘direct attack on municipal autonomy’: a week in local democracy

What will our local councillors be going on about this week?

Council decision to auction off the ‘family silver’ sparks concerns

A special meeting was held at Bootle town hall to discuss the council’s plan to auction off three properties in Waterloo

Live: Extraordinary Liverpool council meeting called over Brushwood failings

Councillors are meeting to discuss what is being done after a recent CQC report revealed ‘widespread’ and systemic problems at the council-owned care home

Brushwood failings under scrutiny as council apologises after CQC inspection

In January the council was talking about ‘impressive results’ at its Speke care home, but just two months later its own internal inspection found widespread problems

Live: Padel, the ‘grey belt’ and a HMO thousands ‘don’t want’

The Monitor reports live from Sefton Council’s planning committee