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What's the most important issue in your community?  

Whatever needs changing in your neighbourhood, you could help us to deliver it by taking part in the survey below. Your local councillors - Ian Lewis and Lesley Rennie are already helping residents, businesses and community groups with issues in Wallasey. At the end of the survey are links to some recent local news stories covering their work.

But they can’t do it alone. Your views can help to make a difference to the community. 

Live in Wallasey? Tell us your views

Have you used visited Wallasey Village Library and Community Centre since it reopened?
Are you, or someone you know, affected by the scrapping of Winter Fuel Payments?
Thinking about Wirral as a whole, do you agree with new targets that would see 35,000 new houses built, even if it means building on the Green Belt?
From what you’ve seen or heard so far about the Town Hall’s plans for more cycle lanes in Wallasey, including Wallasey Road and Wallasey Village, do you
Do you support calls for a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation by the so-called ‘grooming gangs’?

Your representatives

To make sure this survey is representative, which party did you support at the 2024 General Election?
On the scale of 0-10, 0 means there would be no chance of you voting for the party and 10 means you would be absolutely certain to vote for the party.

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News

Merseyside Police to receive £452m to tackle crime

Merseyside Police will have a budget of £452.2 million starting in April, an increase of £27.6m on the current year, as police numbers in the Force passed 4,000. Across England and Wales, there were 147,430 full-time equivalent (FTE) police officers in the 43 police forces as at 31 March 2023 - the

17,000 pensioners get Winter Fuel cash

As the cold weather bites, almost all eligible pensioners in Wallasey and Moreton have now received up to £600 towards their winter fuel bills but some of the most vulnerable are still missing out on extra help. Over the past month, around 11.9 million payments totalling more than £4.8 billion have

Overnight camper van ban set to be made permanent

Wirral Councillors are set to vote on proposals to introduce a permanent ban on overnight parking by camper vans at Kings Parade, New Brighton. An ‘experimental’ restriction was introduced in July 2022, following complaints of anti-social behaviour including litter and camper van toilet cassettes b

£600 fuel help on the way to 17,000 Wallasey residents

Payments of up to £600 are landing directly in the bank accounts of around 17,000 pensioners across Wallasey, Moreton and Upton for the second year running. Winter Fuel Payments – boosted again this year by an additional £300 per household Pensioner Cost of Living payment – will land in bank accoun

Wallasey cycle lane: flawed from the start

The long-awaited 'consultation' on the cycle route from Birkenhead to Wallasey is now underway. Originally planned as a single project, the scheme was split into two phases, following a backlash from residents, Conservative Councillors and businesses when it was first revealed. Originally estimate

Calls to amend Local Plan to protect The Dips

As the Independent Inquiry into Wirral Council's long-delayed Local Plan trundles on, there have been renewed calls to protect The Dips along the Wallasey and New Brighton coast. The Local Plan is a legally-required document that sets out land use in the Borough, whether to protect Green Belt and g

Crime down and 250 county lines smashed

With the Government's target of 20,000 extra police officers being achieved, figures from the Office for National Statistics have revealed that crime in England and Wales has fallen to its lowest level on record. Incidents of violent crime have dropped by 28% in the year to June 2023. A separate

'Deep clean' for Upton, Egremont and Wallasey

Ford Road in Upton, King Street in Egremont and, seen here, Wallasey Village, are among the areas that are having a 'deep clean', thanks to a grant of £1.2 million to 50 councils. Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said: Littering blights our communities, spoils our countryside, harms our wildlife

A banking hub for Wallasey Village?

Following news that a banking hub is to open in Moreton, two local councillors in nearby Wallasey Ward have now applied for a hub in Wallasey Village, bidding for it to be the next to be agreed. Councillor Lesley Rennie said: “Following the great news for Moreton, we met with Councillors Colin Bald

Extra £3.1m to support bus services in Merseyside

Wirral, along with the wider Merseyside area, will receive an extra £3.1 million to support local bus services, as part of £80m being invested nationally by the Government next year. This week's money means people across the Merseytravel area have benefitted from a total of £18.5m from the Conserva