Category Archives: FoI Requests

Public FoI requests made via www.whatdotheyknow.com

Wirral Council issued 846 compromise agreements in just THREE years, costing us £66,150

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Wirral In It Together

We can disregard the plaintive, weasel-worded plea they’ve made underneath. Here’s the link to yesterday’s response A compromise agreement is a compromise agreement is a compromise agreement, and there’s no escaping that.  They engage in this damage limitation process to … Continue reading →

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As the Wirral Council leader calls for an investigation into a “toxic” local Labour party, his council LIES to us in response to a Freedom of Information request

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Wirral In It Together

3rd September 2018 This kind of official dishonesty happened with us once before over 5 years ago, when we made an FOI request of Somerset Council. https://wirralinittogether.blog/2013/09/02/somerset-county-council-up-to-no-good-more-to-follow/ The Information Commissioner protected the council’s position when they appealed.  We can’t recall … Continue reading →

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Discretionary Housing Payments. Wirral Council foreseeably and avoidably broke the law for 18 months

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Wirral In It Together

Links to previous Discretionary Housing Payments posts: FOI Request to Wirral Council ~ Discretionary Housing Payments UPDATE: Leaked Wirral Council email: Discretionary Housing Payments Unlawful for 18 Months “Most Improved” Wirral Council. Breaking the law on Discretionary Housing Payments – … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: Leaked Wirral Council email: Discretionary Housing Payments Unlawful for 18 Months

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Wirral In It Together

UPDATE – 5th May 2017 A response has been received to the 4th April FOI request for an internal review.  The council has availed itself of an extra 10 working days (within the law) to respond.  Link here: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/benefit_discretionary_housing_pa?nocache=incoming-974362#incoming-974362 4th … Continue reading →

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FOI Request to Wirral Council ~ Discretionary Housing Payments

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Wirral In It Together

UPDATE on this story and exclusive leaked email by Surjit Tour, Wirral Legal Head. 12th February 2017 This FOI request was lodged on 9th February 2017. It concerns an important area of local authority spending and one which appears not to … Continue reading →

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#Brickgate – Angela Eagle’s PR man – Imran Ahmed – throws his weight around on Twitter

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Wirral In It Together

August 2021 Update Ahmed is still spreading his hate, beneath the careful guise of ‘countering’ it! https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2021/08/10/cnn-hit-piece-on-mercola.aspx?ui=c29a9e192a525503b0a3ecdc22b640e6801852b20bcd74f139aa38286d78f71e&sd=20210212&cid_source=dnl&cid_medium=email&cid_content=art1HL&cid=20210810&mid=DM960653&rid=1231699209 8th December 2016 The world of Public Relations is a strange, unusual realm, where the task of turning hot, steaming cowpats into objects of desire is … Continue reading →

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Direct Telephone Numbers for Heads of Service at Wirral Council

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Wirral In It Together

14th May 2015 I’ve been questioned in the past for being overly-critical and not reporting any positive developments regarding my local council.   Well, let’s put these concerns to bed by publishing the above; a list of the names of all Wirral Council … Continue reading →

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The Information Commissioner Defends a Broken, Basket Case Council

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

14th November 2014 In October 2013, roughly a year ago, it was revealed that a Wirral Council senior officer (gender not given at the time) had been paid the sum of £48,000 as compensation for “hurt feelings”, apparently after being … Continue reading →

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Another #FOI victory over “improved” Wirral Council – which has taken 15 long months

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

11th November 2014 15 months ago, I placed the following FoI request with Wirral Council.  It’s a pretty straightforward query, asking them about the public money cost of their compromise agreements – those desperate gagging clauses that shut people up … Continue reading →

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#FOI request. The meeting between public servants Frank Field MP and Graham Burgess CEO

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

2nd November 2014 https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/please_provide_details_of_meetin/new Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, For background and context, please follow Link No. 1 to a recent article in the Wirral Globe, and Link No. 2 to an article in the Liverpool Echo covering the same … Continue reading →

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