Senior Lib Dem councillor Iain Brodie Browne has expressed his concern at the refusal of Sefton Council Leader Ian Maher to come clean over the true cost of professional advisors employed over the controversial £32 million purchase of the Bootle Strand Shopping Centre. But research carried out by Southport Lib Dem councillors has revealed what the Council’s Labour leadership wanted to keep quiet – which is that Sefton Council has already spent a staggering £684,000 on outside professional “advice”, and that figure is likely to rise even further. At Thursday evening’s council meeting held at Southport Town Hall, Birkdale councillor … Continue reading Exposed: £684,000 spent by Sefton Council on Bootle Strand “advice”