Free school meals, budget pressures and footballing legends were all on the agenda for a meeting of Sefton’s full council last night, November 17.
As councillors gathered from across the borough at Southport Town Hall, and amid the council business of approving reports and settling debates, anecdotes were also heard on subjects ranging from Jurgen Klopp’s surprising height to the time a former deputy prime minister came “bounding” into a room.
Here are five things we learnt from last night’s full meeting of Sefton Council.