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.
Members of Wirral council are meeting this Thursday - we give you the low down by Lisa Rand It’s gone midnight and I’m sitting on my couch imagining what it might feel like to be a representative of the aristocracy at a council meeting. It wasn’t something I
Council keeping its options open after owner finally comes forward by Lisa Rand A Granby home which has lain empty for nearly two decades could soon be in the possession of Liverpool Council after a local authority report agreed to press ahead with confirming a Compulsory Purchase Order approved by
The Mersey Monitor trawls local authority planning portals so you don’t have to By Lisa Rand One thing more or less guaranteed to see a bit of controversy when it comes to council decision-making relates to one of its most nebulous functions - planning. From bewildered residents being told