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| Wirral council leader loses no confidence vote | Wirral council leader loses no confidence vote |
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| The Labour leader of Wirral Borough Council has lost a vote of no confidence after opposition councillors called on him to stand down. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | The council has also pledged to address problems highlighted in the report. |
| Mr Foulkes had said the whole council must take the blame for the affair. | |
| Mr Green previoulsy 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. |