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UPDATED – £48,000 to “You Know Who” | Frank’s demand | Dragging their feet in Brighton Street

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

23rd October 2014 Back on 6th October 2013, we placed this FoI request with Wirral Council, in an attempt to shine some light on how the above stonking sum of public money was paid across, no questions asked, to an anonymous senior … Continue reading →

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Falling like ninepins… meanwhile TrinityMirror’s down already, lying prostrate

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

  A Poisoned chalice? 2010 ~ Wirral CEO1 retires: http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/8337623.Wirral_Council_s_Chief_Executive_to_retire/ … 2012 ~ Wirral CEO2 retires: http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/9751048.Wirral_council_chief_leaves/?ref=rl … 2014 ~ Wirral CEO3 retires: http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/news/11526799.Wirral_Council_chief_executive_announces_retirement/ … Down the page is a bizarre tweet from a local middle management journalist who appears to derive pleasure … Continue reading →

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Whistleblowers assembled in Committee Room 1 to hear apologies from Wirral Council over a toxic whistleblowing saga involving secrecy, national, local and regional government, internal and external audit, the private sector, ££££s, senior managers, contracts and Wirral Council

Posted on October 10, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

Originally posted on A blog about Wirral Council, Wirral Council's councillors & officers:
Whistleblowers assembled in Committee Room 1 to hear apologies from Wirral Council over a toxic whistleblowing saga involving secrecy, national, local and regional government, internal and…

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Wirral Council are to apply a flat charge on elderly / vulnerable people for CRUCIAL assistive technology

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

Just announced… From the council that… Sent its senior people on costly, pie-in-the-sky jollies to the other side of the world… Used our council tax to purchase tickets for all councillors to attend the Open Golf… Installed an unnecessary £850,000 … Continue reading →

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Benefit Claimants To Get ‘Attitude Tests’ Reveals McVey

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

Originally posted on Same Difference:
Benefits claimants will undergo interviews to assess whether they have a psychological resistance to work, the employment minister reveals today. Unemployed people will be subject to attitude profiling to judge whether they are “determined”, “bewildered”…

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ICO News. Have you ever seen a fire station on fire? Or a snow plough stuck in the snow? Read on…

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

3rd September 2014 For those who don’t know me, I am, amongst other things, a freedom of information campaigner.  My reason for doing this is simple: well-justified disgust at what seems to be a growing number of power abusing, wayward public bodies, stuffed … Continue reading →

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Rochdale. Simon Danczuk MP gets the abuse message out there. What about ACTING on information received?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

Some background – check the date – well BEFORE the recent child abuse revelations in Rotherham: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-22836634 1st September 2014 Here’s an email to Simon Danczuk MP, from last year, dated 24th May 2013, a month before the above article.  In … Continue reading →

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Rotherham abuse. Which 53 councils shut up shop when people came knocking?

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

Starting in January 2011, I carried out a broad ranging survey of 345 English local authorities (local councils) which was aimed at discovering totals for compromise agreements (settlement agreements) drawn up by each council between 2006 and 2011. Compromise agreements … Continue reading →

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No public consultation. Foreseeably and avoidably, innocent persons could be injured or killed.

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

*****Yes, that’s how serious this is… innocent persons could be seriously injured or killed, because Wirral Council have switched off hundreds of street lights without genuine public consultation or internal scrutiny…  now,  they’re locked into denial and seeking to conceal their actions***** 30th … Continue reading →

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Liz Davies’ Open Letter to Margaret Hodge

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Wirral In It Together

Originally posted on Desiring Progress:
Last Friday (August 1st, 2014), Margaret Hodge, Labour MP for Barking and Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, issued a statement on the poor treatment of whistleblowers, and how they are often victimised by managers…

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