Fixed Penalty Notices issued for environmental crimes in Sefton decline overall by 20% compared to 2023 19 February 2025 / 19 February 2025 by Neil Doolin New figures obtained through a Freedom of Information (FOI) request by Neil Doolin, Green Councillor in Sefton, show a sharp decrease in the total number of fixed penalty notices (FPNs) issued in 2024 from the previous year.¹ The data shows that, while the number of FPNs for fly-tipping has marginally risen from 13 in 2023 […] Read more » Fly tipping Green party Neil doolin Sefton
Green Motion advocates for Targeted Local Climate Action 13 January 2025 / 13 January 2025 by Neil Doolin The Motion, submitted by Sefton’s first Green Councillor, calls for urgent local climate action to be debated at this week’s Full Council Meeting Sefton’s first Green Councillor, Neil Doolin, has tabled a motion urging the local authority to take decisive action in advancing its 2019 climate emergency declaration1, which represented a commitment to reducing carbon […] Read more »
Motion urges government to reconsider WASPI compensation decision 13 January 2025 / 13 January 2025 by Neil Doolin Green Party Councillor tables a motion calling on the Government to reverse decision to deny compensation to women affected by changes to the state pension age The motion, set to be debated at the Full Council meeting this Thursday 16th January, calls on the Leader of the Council to write to the Work and Pensions […] Read more »
Jack Colbert standing in Litherland by-election 17 October 2024 / 17 October 2024 by samanthacook A by-election for Litherland Ward has been called on 21st November, 2024. Jack Colbert, an experienced and passionate member of the local community, has been selected as the Green Party candidate to represent the residents of Litherland. Here’s Jack’s letter to residents: “I’m thrilled to be selected as your candidate in the upcoming Litherland by-election, […] Read more »
Waterloo and Seaforth residents elect Sefton’s first Green Councillor! 6 May 2024 / 4 June 2024 by samanthacook It was a historic moment for Sefton in May 2024 as more people than ever voted Green and the first ever Green Councillor was elected to represent Church Ward on Sefton Council! Neil Doolin was elected with 50% of the vote, unseating the previous Labour Councillor. Now, we have the much-needed fresh voice for real […] Read more »
Rimrose Valley: Green Party Statement 15 March 2024 / 15 April 2024 by Neil Doolin Matt Edwards, Transport Spokesperson. The Green Party. The Green Party strongly opposes plans to construct a new road through Rimrose Valley Country Park in the borough of Sefton, Merseyside. We believe there are better ways to improve transport links to and from the Port of Liverpool which would avoid the long-term consequences and harm to […] Read more »
Abysmal record of Sefton’s fixed penalty notices 8 February 2024 / 15 April 2024 by Neil Doolin Sefton Council continues to fail residents on fly-tipping and dog-fouling in 2023 Sefton Green Party has recently made a Freedom Of Information Act request to Sefton Council concerning fixed penalty notices for dog fouling and fly tipping. The results for 2023 reveal that Sefton issued just 4 notices for dog fouling (just half last year’s abysmal number) and […] Read more »
Green ideas! Transform Waterloo Interchange 7 February 2024 / 15 April 2024 by Neil Doolin Merseytravel: please transform the Waterloo Interchange into a green space! Neil Doolin, Green Party Local Campaigner for Waterloo & Seaforth has launched a petition calling on Merseytravel to improve the Bus Interchange on South Road, Waterloo. Sign the petition Neil Doolin, spokesperson for Sefton Green Party, says: “Most of us agree, the Bus Interchange on South […] Read more »
Sefton scores lower than 2 years ago on climate action 23 October 2023 / 25 March 2024 by Neil Doolin Sefton Council still failing on climate action The second Climate Scorecard published by the independent Climate Emergency UK, which measures action on climate taken by local authorities, shows that Sefton Council are still failing to properly address Climate Action, despite declaring a Climate Emergency more than four years ago. Sefton scored 28% on the measure, which is […] Read more »
Clean Air Day 2023 15 June 2023 / 15 April 2024 by samanthacook Residents mark #cleanairday Today on June 15, residents and local groups came together to mark #CleanAirDay in Waterloo and Seaforth. Marching from the junction of South Road/Crosby Road North down to the Seaforth Flyover, the response from the public was massive! What’s being done is not enough. Clean air is a human right. We demand […] Read more »
