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Tag Archives: Liverpool City Council
News from the humanitarian front line in Ukraine
I was honoured recently to be asked to become the patron of Casus Pax a Liverpool based ‘not for profit’ company, based in Liverpool, that is playing an important role in delivering humanitarian medical aid to the population of Ukraine. … Continue reading
SSE Energy Solutions – A joke of a company
Fancy pants graphics on the SSE Energy website but appalling service behind the scenes. I am writing this whilst waiting for SSE Energy Solutions to respond to my phone call. As I start the blog I after 22 minutes I … Continue reading
Care leavers and those in care must be at the heart of our work
I was a real privilege to chair a conference today which brought together almost 100 people with a passion for working with care leavers and assist them in creating good lives for themselves. When the LAMIT Board, which I have … Continue reading
Looking on the Bright Side of Liverpool
One of the volunteer groups I visited recently is the Liverpool branch of the UK Ukraine Association. Here volunteers are working to help youngsters mostly displaced here by the war to continue to speak their lank and embrace the Ukraine … Continue reading
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Tagged Allerton in Blook, Casus Pax, charity, Community, Friends of harthill & Calderstones Park, LCVS, Liverpool, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool comunities, Liverpool Lions Club, Liverpool Ukraine community, Liverpool voluntary sector, news, Penny Lane Wombles, St Vincent's School for the visually impaired, Volunteering
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Why is your council tax so high?
Tomorrow, 6th March, Liverpool Council will vote to increase its council tax by just under 5%. Some of the reasons for this are of its own making but far more problems have been caused by a failure of governments to … Continue reading
Disturbance in the Council Chamber but not mob rule
Councillors were forced out of the chamber last night by a tiny group of demonstrators but there were not enough of them to be a mob! (photo David Humphreys) Last night, for just a few minutes, the adult services committee … Continue reading
Slava Ukraini – Heroiam Slava
The brave bully boys of the Russian forces love to attack ambulances like this one which carry no weapons. Today I had the privilege of listening to listen to inspiring talks from three front line medics from the Ukraine forces. … Continue reading
We must banish the ghost of Charles Dickens from the Streets of Liverpool
Liverpool’s health caused by extremes of poverty is one that Charles Dickens could come and write about today. In some ways our health inside the city and with the rest of the UK haven’t changed much in 200 years and … Continue reading
The language we use is important when we discuss the situation in Gaza
On Wednesday there will be a vigil outside the Town Hall and debate inside it which look at the problems of Gaza. I hope that everyone will respectfully listen to the views of others to try and understand what is … Continue reading
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Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Liberal Democrats, Middle East conflict, Netanyhu, Palestine
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Liverpool should build communities and not just houses
In Liverpool old housing like this will be good for decades to come while we have knocked concrete monstrosities down within years of them being built. We must learn from our past. This week the Liberal Democrats at our Autumn … Continue reading
But what does Richard Kemp think? 