David Cameron has been briefed on the campaign to save Wirral's services by two of the Borough's prospective MPs. Esther McVey (Wirral West) and Leah Fraser (Wallasey) arranged to meet the Conservative Leader after massive public protests across the Labour-led Council in Merseyside.
Esther McVey said: "It's the job of Wirral's MPs, and those who aspire to be MPs, to use any influence and any means at our disposal to highlight the damage that will result from these cuts. We arranged to meet David Cameron because he asked us, as prospective MPs, to keep in touch with him on important issues in our constituencies."
Leah Fraser said: "It was really important that we showed David Cameron the evidence of the opposition to these cuts and there was no better way of doing that than taking a recent copy of the Wirral Globe. It's no use Gordon Brown and the Cabinet meeting in Liverpool pledging to 'listen', if his Party in Wirral is slashing services."
The Labour-led Council has announced plans to get rid of 22 community centres, 13 libraries, seven youth centres, five leisure centres, two museums and a theatre. Controversially, the Council decided to consult with residents over the Christmas holidays and, instead of holding public meetings around the Borough, decided to hold just four, all chaired by the Labour Council leader.