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Wirral Council votes to request bailout to plug budget gap despite Tory opposition

Labour called on the Conservatives "for fairer funding for Wirral before it's too late"

Liverpool Echo · Oct 11, 2022

Plugging the budget gap, warm homes target and other big decisions facing Wirral Council

"To balance the budget and control our costs means we will have to make some difficult decisions"

Liverpool Echo · Oct 10, 2022

Man, 45, arrested after cars set on fire while homeowners slept

Firefighters put out cars that had been set alight in Wirral

Liverpool Echo · Oct 10, 2022

Animal rescue centre issues plea as owners threaten to 'feed pets to dogs'

Jackson's Animal Rescue may have to close its Merseyside centre

Liverpool Echo · Oct 3, 2022

MP demands government meeting as Wirral Council faces possible bankruptcy over deficit

"This is a crisis made in Westminster, not Wirral"

Liverpool Echo · Oct 3, 2022

Two 12-year-old girls knocked down by car as they were crossing the road

The youngsters - who have been taken to hospital - were said to be crossing the road when the accident happened earlier this evening. The driver stopped immediately and called an ambulance say witnesses

Daily Mirror · Oct 2, 2022

Two Wirral schools up for closure 'saved' after community campaign

"I would hate to see anybody else, any other community be put through this as it’s been absolute hell"

Liverpool Echo · Sep 30, 2022

Council leader accused of 'deliberately painting worst case scenario' over growing deficit

Wirral's Greens criticised the handling of council finances but Labour say rising inflation is to blame

Liverpool Echo · Sep 30, 2022

Council deficit balloons to £49m with vote asking for bailout expected soon

Asked if a bankruptcy declaration is possible, Cllr Williamson said there were no plans to, adding “people didn’t vote us in to abdicate responsibility"

Liverpool Echo · Sep 30, 2022

Children born in richer areas of Wirral could live 12 years longer than those in poorer areas

Beverley Murray from the Wirral Intelligence Service said the gap between Wirral and England for life expectancy was currently “the widest gap we have seen since we started recording this data"

Liverpool Echo · Sep 29, 2022