Labour Recklessness Drives Sefton Council Finances to the Brink say Sefton Conservatives Thursday, 5 February, 2026 Conservative Group Leader on Sefton Council, Mike Prendergast, has raised serious concerns about the rapidly deteriorating state of Sefton Council’s finances. In July 2025, the projected overspend was £15.4 million. This month that overspend has now surged to £29.3 million, an increase of over 90% in 7 months. Councillor Prendergast, “The state of Sefton’s finances is utterly appalling. In the... Local News
Press Release - Southport Market 28th May 2021 Sefton’s Conservative Councillors were recently given a tour of the newly refurbished Southport Market which is scheduled to open towards the end of June. The... Local News
Sir Ron Watson - Clean Up Southport Town Centre 13th May 2021 Town Centre Councillor Sir Ron Watson is actively pursuing with a degree of urgency policies to deal with a practical element of discarded chewing gum on the... Local News
Dukes Ward Councillors thank Sefton staff following electoral success 11th May 2021 Last week, the people of Southport made sure that their voice was heard by voting in local elections, Police and Crime Commissioner elections and Liverpool City... Local News
Our Candidates are officially announced! 8th April 2021 The Conservatives have been out in force this week, campaigning in their respective Wards, delivering leaflets across Southport, with the local elections only a... Local News
Mike Prendergast - Labour Refuses to Rule out Cycle Lane Extension 11th March 2021 “I took the opportunity to view the last Full Sefton Council Meeting and I was very disturbed by the fact that the Labour Leadership have refused to rule out... Opinions
Letter from the Chairman: New Town Deal 4th March 2021 £37.5Million Moore for Southport! I am delighted to learn that the efforts of Southport’s M.P. Damien Moore to draw down ‘real cash’ from the Government’s ‘Town... Reports
Sefton Labour attempt to Cover Up Strand Disaster! 10th February 2021 The Labour Party in Sefton are being heavily criticised following the recent announcement of a special Cabinet meeting that will be held behind close doors on... Local News
Candidates Question Sefton's Green Transport Policy 1st February 2021 Plans to extend cycle lanes across Southport, including into Birkdale, have come in for heavy criticism from Conservative Council candidates, Mike Prendergast... Local News
New Road Markings in Crossens thanks to Meols Ward Candidate Thomas de Freitas 27th January 2021 A stretch of Water Lane in Crossens, which has been the focus of local concern about speed, will have new ‘SLOW’ road markings installed by Sefton Council... Local News
2022 Spring Forum to be hosted in Blackpool 10th July 2020 Conservative Party Co-Chairman, Amanda Milling MP, has today announced the Conservative Party will host its Spring Forum in Blackpool in 2022. National News
Rishi Sunak's Plan for Jobs: Speech in Full 9th July 2020 Our plan for jobs is about supporting people to find the jobs that are out there, creating new jobs through investing in our infrastructure and housing, and... National News
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
