RESOLVED:

That Cabinet adopts:

(1)  the Wirral Modern Slavery Strategy;

(2)  the Wirral Modern Slavery Action Plan; and

(3)  Wirral Council annually updated Modern Slavery / Human Trafficking Statement.

RESOLVED: That:

(1)  Cabinet recommends to Council an amendment to the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for Wirral to reduce the minimum amount payable for non protected groups from the current 22% to 12%; and

(2)  Cabinet recommends to Council an amendment to the Council Tax Reduction Scheme for Wirral to allow notifications in relation to Universal Credit to be treated as a claim for Council Tax Reduction.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet recommends to Council that the full premium of 200% be applied to homes that have been empty for 5 years or more as allowed by the Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Act 2018 from the 1^st April 2020.

RESOLVED:

That Cabinet:

(1)  approves the Full Business Case for the acquisition of the land and rights of Milton Pavement and unit 13-15 at St Werburgh’s Square thereby agreeing in principle for the Council to purchase these sites;

(2)  thereby authorises the Director of Economic and Housing Growth, in consultation with the Director of Finance and Investment to finalise the purchase of the sites on the terms that are substantially in accordance with the draft Heads of Terms set out at Appendix 2, noting that the Heads of Terms contain a number of conditions that must be satisfactorily met before the purchase can be deemed unconditional;

(3)  agrees that, once ‘Milton Pavements’ is acquired, this asset can be incorporated into the LLP Option Agreement on appropriate terms subject to approval of the LLP and the outcomes of consultation on regeneration plans; 

(4)  agrees that, once ‘Milton Pavements’ is acquired, this asset subject to planning permission and surveys can be demolished subject to the outcome of consultation on the regeneration plans;

(5)  agrees that the Council owned Birkenhead Market site can be incorporated into the LLP Option Agreement on appropriate terms and subject to the outcome of consultation on the regeneration plans; and

(6)  agrees that the site referred to as ‘Allport Lane – Bromborough’ be removed from the LLP Option Agreement.

This Officer Decision Notice provides details of the delegated decision of the Director of Governance and Assurance to change a polling place in polling district DA, effective immediately.

That the Director of Governance and Assurance agrees that The McAllester Pavilion, LC McAllester Memorial Field be designated as the polling place for polling district DA (Oxton Ward).