What 2026 could mean after ’embarrassing’ year for Wirral Council
The local authority has seen changes of leadership, major controversies, as well as investigationsThe audit meeting in January…
‘Confidence’ over talks as £75m council office costs set to rise
The office blocks have cost the council millionsThe council could soon have a new tenant in the Irvine…
Shopping centres still worth millions less than what council bought them for
Wirral’s council leader said the centres had strengthened the local authority’s positionThe entrance to the Pyramids shopping centre…
Update on ‘long forgotten and ignored’ Merseyside areas getting £60m
They were promised £20m each earlier this year 18:45, 24 Nov 2025Updated 19:09, 24 Nov 2025 Argyle Street…
Empty TJ Hughes unit could be given new life as ‘the way forward’
A number of different options are being exploredTJ Hughes closed in Birkenhead in 2021(Image: Andrew Teebay/Liverpool Echo) A…
With more than £150m in the bank, the big test for Wirral is what comes next
With a major review being published this week, reporter Ed Barnes looks at what comes nextGrange Road West,…
Lessons to be learned after hundreds defy Bonfire Night message
The council leader said some things could have been done better but five authorised events was a sign…
Probe into major £150m+ regeneration schemes delayed as update issued
A firm was brought in to independently review the council earlier this year 16:37, 16 Oct 2025Updated 16:37,…
Merseyside council set to get new £235k boss
The ECHO understands the council has been looking for an interim chief executive since AugustFinance director Matthew Bennett…
Wirral makes decision over 14 libraries with ‘never again’ promise
One councillor said they were there to listen to what the public had to sayProtestors outside Wallasey Town…