Liverpool
A 15 year old takes on the pomp and ceremony of an historic council meeting Last night both Liverpool and Wirral councils kicked off the annual council meeting season with events at their town halls. In the coming weeks it will be Sefton and Knowsley’s turn too. If you’
Liverpool
Significant changes to the council’s rule book were agreed by councillors Councillors in Liverpool have agreed to rewrite the local authority rule book in a move that hands more powers to council officers. Significant changes to the council’s constitution were approved at an annual meeting of the council
Liverpool
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
Knowsley
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
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
Liverpool
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
Liverpool
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
Liverpool
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
Liverpool
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
Liverpool
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