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“Mistakes s s s s s s s s” versus FACTS. Starring Wirral’s CEO, Graham Burgess

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

On Friday 6th December, Wirral Council’s Leader and Chief Executive were invited onto Roger Phillips’ lunch time phone in show on BBC Radio Merseyside.  They spent an hour or so, answering calls from the Wirral public.  The message they were … Continue reading →

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Message to the electorate of Wirral – LOTS of your councillors have gone missing

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

5th December 2013 Don’t panic. When I say ‘missing’, I don’t mean literally gone.  The councillors I mean have chosen to  cover their tracks.  Or, to put this in more delicate, PR friendly terms, they’ve exercised an option to protect … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council are wrong about the true number of compromise agreements

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

September 2018 Update  Wirral Council are now agreeing that they issued 845 compromise agreements after denying it repeatedly  The headline above sounds a little peremptory doesn’t it?  A bit harsh maybe?  Accusing an organisation of getting it wrong?  What evidence can I possibly have? … Continue reading →

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Snouts In The Trough – Charities Scramble For Lucrative Workfare Hand Out

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Originally posted on the void:
It’s full steam ahead on the workfare gravy train as charities and welfare-to-work companies scramble to profit from George Osborne’s upcoming mass workfare scheme. Appallingly these charities will not just benefit from a mass influx…

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It’s all in the body language…

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

“WE HEAR WHAT YOU’RE SAYING…” STRICTLY FOR FUN… As they face the people they serve, which ‘Improvement‘ Board member has the most convincing “Listening Posture”? Through posture-analysis alone, are any of the members unconsciously sending out the wrong message? On the strength … Continue reading →

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I meet my “vexatious” accuser face to face !

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

16th November 2013 I thought I’d turn up to yesterday’s 1:30 pm “Improvement” Board public meeting in Wallasey Town Hall.  I won’t post in detail on this meeting but will provide a link to John Brace’s blog, as I’m pretty … Continue reading →

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UPDATED ~ Lies, Damned Lies and Machinations…

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

A recent article in the Wirral News (a paper with no hint of Wirral Council scandal between its obedient pages since, er…  February) …tells us that the “What Really Matters” survey is going really well.  Councillor Musprattt reports on progress: “I think the … Continue reading →

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#FoI Act – Arguing against ‘Confidentiality’ and ‘Commercial Confidence’ exemptions

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Wirral Council’s disability discrimination ~ found in 2010 by the Equality and Human Rights Commission First ICO Decision Notice Second ICO Decision Notice The following requests were sent to Wirral Council almost a year ago, but were never answered.  It has taken … Continue reading →

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The Saga of DLA Piper – can the truth finally be allowed to emerge? Er, not yet…

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Regular readers of the blog will be well aware of this one, and the depressing depths to which senior officers and councillors of Wirral Council have plummeted in order to draw a concealing veil across disability discrimination – as found by … Continue reading →

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More added ~ #FoI ~ Wirral Council ~ Links to all my ICO Decision Notices

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

SCORES ON THE DOORS: Decision Notices issued: 13 Complaints upheld: 14 Complaints not upheld: 3 There are more DNs in the pipeline… 27th August 2014 (Original request lodged 7 months prior to this on 22nd January 2014 Summary: The complainant … Continue reading →

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