Lisa Rand is editor of the Monitor. An experienced local journalist focused on Merseyside, obsessions include how decisions are made and what they mean in practice. May often be found rooting through decision portals or asking awkward questions.
Delays in fixing the issue has already resulted in lost income according to a council report by Lisa Rand A major Wirral car park is at risk of having its ticket machines stop working forever as the council agrees £130k of investment. The car park, at the Pyramids in Birkenhead,
The site has a fascinating history by Lisa Rand Plans have been submitted to convert a historic former care home in Maghull into a private clinic. A planning application lodged with Sefton Council earlier this month is seeking permission to change the use of Harrison House on Liverpool Road South
Our take on last week’s local elections in Merseyside by Lisa Rand We haven’t exactly been living under a rock at the Mersey Monitor this past week, so yes, we are aware there have been some fairly significant local elections across parts of Merseyside. The plan had been
Plus: Mersey Monitor ‘really good’ says council leader by Lisa Rand Liverpool Council is facing an overspend of around £40m this year, with the local authority expected to draw on reserves to balance the books. Financial reports brought before cabinet at Liverpool town hall yesterday set out a difficult financial
The campaign video, which now appears to have been deleted, was described as ‘despicable’ by the leader of Knowsley Greens by Lisa Rand A row has broken out in Knowsley as the election battle hots up ahead of polling day tomorrow after comments made by Labour’s Angela Rayner in
Welcome to the Mersey Monitor The Mersey Monitor is a small, independent newsroom focused on accountability, local decision-making and the systems that shape everyday life across Merseyside. The Monitor exists to make sense of how power operates locally, from council decisions and planning policies to housing, services and public
The plan for the well known historic site was approved last month by Lisa Rand Plans for dozens of new homes on the former Johnsons site off Stanley road come with a separate set of rules about who gets them first and why. It comes after a decision approved by
Weird things can happen when you go networking in Liverpool by Lisa Rand Last week, I was invited to a networking event at the Albert Dock. Not my usual scene, but something about an email sent from the organiser the day before had piqued my interest. Strive Networking, which advertised
Money for Nothing, luxury wigs and musical tastes, mostly The Mersey Monitor planned a political mini series in the run up to polling day in Sefton and Knowsley this year, with aims to take a closer look at some of the wards, candidates and issues shaping the election campaigns. However,
Members of Liverpool‘s planning committee and a bunch of bins, of course by Lisa Rand Planning meetings are often reported like confrontations. Whether that’s residents versus developers or common sense versus bureaucracy, it’s the central drama that makes planning stories so compelling and a regular go-to
The plans aim to address ‘operational and security’ issues by Lisa Rand Plans to tackle security concerns at the new Royal Liverpool hospital have cleared a key hurdle after A&E extension plans were confirmed as lawful by the council. The new hospital opened in 2022 following a series
Today is a day Liverpool never forgets. Ninety seven people died after the horrific events of 15 April, 1989. Needlessly, senselessly, disgracefully. For decades after, their families were forced into a second, utterly horrific, ordeal, one full of deflection, denial and institutional self-protection. Campaigners, including families and victims of