Liverpool
‘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?
Knowsley
Events and updates
We’re watching, we’re scrutinising - and this is why it matters
It’s also a good job too because there‘s plenty going on across Merseyside this week. Hello Mersey Monitoroos, You might want to grab a quick cuppa and get yourself comfy before you tuck in to this week’s digest. It‘s a bit of a bumper one, but
Sefton
All kinds going on across Merseyside this week
Flags, finances, feathered friends and other funny business Good afternoon Mersey Monitorers, If you’re new here, thank you for signing up to the Monitor. We’re a little independent public interest news site operating on a not-for-profit basis and our aim, first and foremost, is to keep
Knowsley
Does Kirkby need padel like an elephant needs a boat?
How ‘Pride in Place‘ is shaping up in Kirkby as millions are earmarked for a new padel centre in the town ‘This isn’t about pet projects, it’s serious investment for the priorities of local people.’ That’s what communities secretary Steve Reed said last year about the government’
Sefton
He-Man or Steve Rotheram?
A grilling for the metro mayor ‘He-Man or Steve Rotheram?’ is not a question the Monitor expected to be asking random people in Crosby on a damp evening in June. We do, however, go wherever the story takes us, and last night it took us to a slightly confused
Knowsley
Cats, rats and political prisms
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
Knowsley
Anger over Angela Rayner comments after ill Knowsley councillor stood down
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
Knowsley
The Mersey What?
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
Liverpool
Remembering the 97
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