Category Archives: FoI Requests

Public FoI requests made via www.whatdotheyknow.com

Wirral Council Wins at Tribunal. Vulnerable People Lose.

Posted on June 9, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

9th June 2014 Below is a report from Local Government Lawyer, explaining a recent First Tier Information Tribunal ruling in favour of Wirral Council: Local Government Lawyer report on ruling …from which the inconvenient phrase ‘disability discrimination’ has been omitted. And … Continue reading →

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“What a load of tosh!!!” ~ Councillor Crabtree. Also, Wirral’s monitoring officer responds to an email sent to the CEO

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

9th May 2014 Confidential_memo_tells_shocked_Wirral_councillors_their_emails_are_being_read_by_town_hall_bosses On 3rd May, with the above Wirral Globe article in mind, I sent the following email to Wirral Council CEO Graham “Mistakes” Burgess, asking whether my own emails to councillors were being filtered / screened / blocked: From: … Continue reading →

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Are Wirral Council breaching the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000?

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

7th May 2014 Please read the following article in a recent Wirral Globe, in particular the subsequent comments, where there is much detailed information on the subject of interception or filtering of emails: wirralglobe.co.uk – 2nd May 2014 Here’s my latest FoI … Continue reading →

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24 grievances, a Director (+2) leave Arrowe Park and they’re STILL not talking

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

See the earlier post I made on this subject, for a description of the earlier events. The headline above is not strictly accurate.  Following an internal review (which was late) WUTH have released a few more crumbs for the time period I specified: 3 … Continue reading →

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How DLA Piper LLP came to the aid of abusive Wirral Council in their hour of need

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

26 months (2 years and 2 months) ago, in February 2012, I made an FoI request to Wirral Council, requesting copies of the correspondence that had passed between DLA Piper (Solicitors) and the council during a specific period of external investigator … Continue reading →

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A Director has left Arrowe Park Hospital, but they’re not talking… at least not yet

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

↓ 24 grievances were lodged with management.  THREE employees departed.  Update on this story here… Back on 12th January this year, I placed an FoI request with the trust titled, “Payments to Senior Officers”. The first time news surfaced that Sue Green, wife of … Continue reading →

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Unhelpful ICO response, when a Council gave false information

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

25th March 2014 A while ago, in response to a request from a third party, Wirral Council declared a false total for its number of compromise agreements. The council are standing by the false declaration. The ICO, many months on, … Continue reading →

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Ex Urbe Think Tank Report ~ “Like Pulling Teeth? Freedom of Information in the Liverpool City Region”

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

Here’s a link to the above FoI report, released in February 2014. http://media.wix.com/ugd/440822_0d8989cd1a69415ea85d1a30f49775ac.pdf Not surprisingly, the foreword to the report features the abysmal performance of Wirral Borough Council. I was extremely happy to find that without my prior knowledge, Ex … Continue reading →

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My THIRD vexatious rebuttal from Wirral Council. Can this also be overturned?

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

26th June 2014 – UPDATE – Wirral Council have capitulated, and have now withdrawn ALL their ‘vexatious’ refusals targetted against me.  Not content with this however, monitoring officer Surjit Tour, head of the legal “team” has made a veiled threat on … Continue reading →

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#WirralFail Council – Highway Robbery!? £12,000 in fines from ONE bus stop !!

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/wirral_cctv_spy_car_locations_at/new Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, Please read the following recent article from local newspaper the Liverpool Echo: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/live… The subject matter covered is the growing amount of revenue collected by these four wheeled spies in the community. I have … Continue reading →

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