Wirral cuts, public out in force tonight

This photo comes courtesy of Liam Murphy of the Wirral News who posted it on twitter. It shows the packed attendance at tonight's cabinet meeting. Indicates how badly cuts are affecting Wirral.

Granada News report featuring Wirral Greens

Natalie Bennett was in Birkenhead yesterday and was featured briefly in this report along with members of Wirral Greens (around 1:35 in).

Green Party leader visits Wirral

Very pleased today to welcome Natalie Bennett to Wirral. Some excellent media coverage with interviews with Granada News and The Birkenhead News. Links to follow.

Response to Wirral's latest cuts and consultation

The news that Wirral faces £100m of cuts over the next three years is a shocking indictment of the coalition government’s savage assault on public services. It also exposes the Labour Party’s craven acceptance of the austerity agenda made worse by our council leader’s admission that, over many years of Labour control in Wirral, “we have had poor budget management”.

 

The much hyped and expensive consultation exercise is a blatant attempt to force Wirral residents to accept the austerity programme that is crippling our economy and entrenching poverty. What we really need is robust opposition to this government’s attempts to make ordinary people pay for the sins of bankers and successive government’s failure to regulate.

 

Consequently the Green Party urges residents to respond to Wirral Council’s consultation by making it clear they oppose ALL cuts and the entire cuts agenda.

Elm Grove, Tranmere

Just reported this eyesore on Elm Grove.

Hopefully it will be cleared soon.

Tower Hill update

Good to see that all the reported rubbish on Tower Hill has now been cleared.

One less thing to worry about!

Letter re wind subsidies

The letter from Paul Nuttal on subsidies for wind energy painted a very misleading picture. Figures from the OECD show that for every pound the UK spends subsidising renewable energy, over £10 is spent on tax breaks for oil and gas production.

 

Of course, Mr Nuttal never mentioned this. Instead he wants to perpetuate this lunacy by embracing shale gas despite the devastation this has caused in the USA. How strange that he seems offended by wind turbines but would happily see Wirral peppered by gas rigs.

 

To protect our own environment and preserve it for future generations we must embrace renewable energy and reject the increasingly desperate search for dirty fossil fuels.