A parking fines investigation that has engulfed Liverpool City Council has taken a new twist - with a city councillor coming forward to name themselves in the row.
Last month the ECHO revealed the names of 14 councillors who had parking tickets cancelled without explanation following a 16-month Freedom of Information investigation. Our expose has resulted in two senior Labour councillors - Ann O'Byrne and Barry Kushner - leaving the council, while leader of the Community Independents group Anna Rothery has been suspended by her group.
The bombshell responses the ECHO received last month were only part of the story and we were told the council was working to identify any other parking tickets given to elected members that had been cancelled over the five year period we had asked about, between 2015 and 2020.
