Following our campaign in November, along with opposition from small businesses, Labour had a last-minute rethink on parking charges at a meeting on 10 March.
Good news for drivers, shops and local businesses!For years, the Town Hall has been trying to introduce parking charges in many of those which are currently free.This is in spite of the evidence from residents, shops and businesses that charges discourage local shopping.Earlier this year, following
Closures of premises in Wirral due to criminal activities are ‘the tip of the iceberg’ as the Town Hall is urged to take more action on ‘fake’ shops on the high street.In recent months, action by Home Office immigration officers, Merseyside Police and Wirral’s trading standards team has seen 20 prem
Since it was launched a week ago, more than 1,000 people have signed the new petition to finally kill of parking charges.Residents in Wallasey, Moreton, Saughall Massie and across Wirral are backing the plan to scrap charges in 25 sites around Wirral.On 22 July, a 'review' of the plan will be presen
With less than 24 hours to go before the deadline for objections, there are fresh concerns about the impact of parking charges being introduced in Moreton.Three car parks in Moreton would become ‘pay and display’ – including the car park serving customers at the Town’s banking hub:Garden Lane (oppos
Wirral Council has started it's third consultation in an attempt to extend parking charges to 22 more car parks in Wirral.This followed the vote, called by Conservative Councillors to halt the scheme and, instead, introduce some free parking in order to support struggling shops and businesses.
Help our campaign Become a member Be a councillorThis #SmallBizSaturdayUK could not have come a more important time. Many shops and small businesses across Wirral are struggling - from the increased taxes announced Rachel Reeves and the prospect of parking charges being introduced b
Between 1997 and 2010, 7,166 local Post Offices closed under the Governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.In 2010, the new Government put in place extra protections to maintain the remaining Post Office network.
Wirral’s licensees and residents are being urged to help improve the licensing system, following a report by the national Licensing Taskforce.The current licensing system, under the Licensing Act 2003 and supported by statutory guidance, regulates activities such as the sale of alcohol, provision of
