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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Liam Thorp

Councillor named in parking scandal suspended as another quits group

Anna Rory Echo Ann OByrne Liverpool Community Independents Nick Small BICO Liverpool City Council

A councillor named this week in a Liverpool ECHO investigation into parking tickets has been suspended by her political group while another has resigned from that group.

Two of those named as having parking fines cancelled by officers are former Labour councillors who last year quit the party to join the breakaway group the Liverpool Community Independents. Our 16-month investigation named Cllr Anna Rothery as having one ticket cancelled in the period of our investigation and Cllr Joanne Calvert as having three fines rescinded while they were both Labour councillors.

Tonight the Liverpool Community Independents group have suspended Cllr Rothery - who was the group's leader - pending an ongoing investigation into the ECHO's revelations and have announced that Cllr Calvert has resigned from the group.

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