Conservatives Call for Maintenance Plan and Budget for Southport Pier Monday, 23 March, 2026 The news that funding for the repair of Southport Pier has been approved by central government has been welcomed by Conservatives on Sefton Council. Now, attention must be turned to ensuring there is an adequate maintenance budget in place for Southport Pier, says Conservative Group Leader on Sefton Council, Mike Prendergast. Commenting, Councillor Prendergast said, “It’s certainly welcome news... Local News
Conservatives Respond to Claims by Labour that 'Hundreds of Thousands' of Cycle Trips are Being Made on Temporary Lanes 1st October 2021 Southport Conservative councillors and campaigners, have hit back at claims from Sefton Labour that ‘hundreds and thousands of cycle journeys’ have been made on... Local News
Sir Ron Watson calls on Sefton Labour to say if they agree with Angela Rayner 30th September 2021 Southport Conservative Councillor Sir Ron Watson has challenged the Labour Leader of Sefton, Councillor Ian Maher, to say whether or not there are any... Local News
Children's Social Services Still Failing in Sefton 22nd September 2021 During a heated debate at the recent Sefton Council meeting, Conservative Councillor Mike Prendergast, has criticised the Labour Party in Sefton for presiding... Local News
Cllr Mike Prendergast Calls for Action at Sefton Social Services 18th July 2021 Sefton Council have been heavily criticised following the latest OFSTED report on the current state of children’s social services in Sefton, delivered earlier... 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
UK economic growth continues – record numbers are in full time work 16th September 2019 New figures show that the UK economy continues to grow and wages continue to rise. With more people in full-time jobs than ever before, more people have the... National News
Labour’s Brexit Policy is just chaos and indecision 12th September 2019 Jeremy Corbyn has been calling for a general election for years. Yet he now can’t decide if he wants a general election or not. All we can be sure about is that... National News
How a Conservative immigration policy attracts the best and brightest 11th September 2019 The Prime Minister has announced plans to help the best and brightest international students start careers in the UK.We’re changing our immigration rules – so... National News
How we're funding our vital public services 4th September 2019 Labour left behind a bankrupt Britain. But we came together as a country to fix it. And thanks to the hard work of the British people, we can now turn the page... National News
We’re giving a £14 billion cash boost to schools across the UK 1st September 2019 The Prime Minister has announced that we are investing an extra £14 billion in schools. National News
We’re injecting £1.8 billion more into our hospitals 5th August 2019 As part the Conservatives’ healthcare policy commitment to strengthening our NHS, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a £1.8 billion cash injection to... National News