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This year will be the ‘IDeal Time’ to make your voice heard and use your vote, say Sefton Council. The local authority has launched a campaign this week to raise awareness of

Sefton’s councillors cost the taxpayer over £930,000 during the 2021-22 financial year, according to figures published by Sefton Council. The Members’ Allowances End Of Year statement showed councillors receiving an average of

Southport’s MP says his complete focus is on helping the town during what he says is a period of ‘profound challenge’. Damien Moore, who voted with the government on a recent controversial

Labour councillor Greg Myers says town MP Damien Moore and the Southport Conservative group should be “thoroughly ashamed” over their support for Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget. The government was forced

Damien Moore MP has announced his support for Liz Truss in the race to be leader of the Conservative and Unionist Party, and the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Writing

Local Labour councillor Greg Myers has criticised MP Damien Moore on his stance on Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Mr Moore voted against Boris Johnson in last month’s confidence vote, but only released

Damien Moore has given his support to Tom Tugenhadt to become the next leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister. On Thursday Boris Johnson announced his intention to resign once the

Conservative Councillor Sir Ron Watson has called for the Southport Area Committee (SAC) to be reinstated by Sefton Council. The SAC was established in 2000 and saw quarterly meetings regarding affairs specific

Damien Moore has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign. Mr Moore said that he believes that Southport constituents are “rightly uncomfortable” with the leadership of the Conservative party. The Southport

Local Southport MP Damien Moore has argued for the role that strengthening transport infrastructure plays in creating more highly-skilled, highly-paid jobs in Southport, and in ensuring that those qualified and willing to

Damien Moore has said that he believes Monday’s vote of confidence in the Prime Minister from the Parliamentary Conservative Party has “helped to refocus the Prime Minister’s mind”. The Southport MP says

During the Queen’s Speech debate last week, local MP Damien Moore applauded the progress made in recent years to put Southport back on the map, and also called for more to be

Cllrs Terry Jones and Sinclair D’Albuquerque have blamed “a lack of clarity, direction and a weakness in the leadership” of the local Conservative association for their decision to form a new breakaway

Local Liberal Demoncrat leader John Pugh has said that the resignations of Cllrs Jones and D’Albuquerque, along with the recent resignations of five Labour Councillors on Sefton, are a product of “an

Southport MP Damien Moore is calling for Cllr Ian Maher, Labour Leader of Sefton Council, and Cllr Mhairi Doyle, Labour Cabinet Member for Children’s Social Care, to resign following a damning inspection

Damien Moore’s office has defended the revelation that he has the second-highest expenses of the UK’s 650 MPs. Damien Moore’s eye-watering £266,000 expenses bill in the last financial year, footed by Southport

Recent proposals by Southport’s Conservative MP Damien Moore and West Lancs Labour MP Rosie Cooper to bring Southport under Lancashire Council have prompted concerns about pensioners’ free travel. Cllr. John Pugh has

A proposal to effectively move Southport from Merseyside and into West Lancashire has been described as ‘unworkable nonsense’ after it was revealed that council leaders had already dismissed the idea before it was

Sefton Council has confirmed that council tax will, again, rise by the maximum 2.99%. Council Leader Ian Maher said that the council was “forced” into the hike following a 50% reduction in

Damien Moore, MP for Southport, has welcomed the Conservative Government’s decision to give councils £125 million to provide vital support services for domestic abuse victims in 2022-23, taking the total support to

Damien Moore MP is working with Which? to lead a cross party effort to protect consumers from being charged twice for the same good or service. Yesterday, Tuesday 25th January, the cross-party

Former MP for Southport Ronnie Fearn has died. Baron Fearn had two spells as the town’s representative in Parliament between 1987 to 19992 and 1997 to 2001. He also sat on Sefton