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Wirral council leader loses no confidence vote | |
(about 17 hours later) | |
The Labour leader of Wirral Borough Council has lost a vote of no confidence after opposition councillors called on him to stand down. | |
The vote of no confidence in Steve Foulkes was passed by 36-30 votes. | |
Conservative leader Jeff Green who proposed the motion has been elected as the new leader. The cabinet will be announced at a later date. | |
Mr Foulkes was criticised over the handling of the case of whistleblower Michael Morton. | |
The council had to apologise to the former employee who was forced out of his job after revealing overcharging of vulnerable people in council care. | |
Mr Morton's allegations of malpractice in residential and care homes contracted by the council were followed by an independent inquiry carried out by Anna Klonowski. | Mr Morton's allegations of malpractice in residential and care homes contracted by the council were followed by an independent inquiry carried out by Anna Klonowski. |
The council has also pledged to address problems highlighted in the report. | |
Mr Foulkes said the whole council must take the blame for the affair. | |
Mr Green put forward a motion of no confidence last October, but it was defeated by 38 votes to 26. | Mr Green put forward a motion of no confidence last October, but it was defeated by 38 votes to 26. |
The Conservatives ran the council until its Tory-Lib Dem coalition collapsed in May. | The Conservatives ran the council until its Tory-Lib Dem coalition collapsed in May. |