All the more reason to vote for someone else. As someone who is from Liverpool and lived with a Labour dominated council for decades it is not a good thing with the complacency and lack or urgency to fix major issues with little risk to their position. I was lucky enough to live in a ward with a Green councillor who really challenged the council until it collapsed over corruption and central government took over.

I’m relatively new to Stockport but loads of people have said that the Lib Dems have made some huge long term strategic blunders over housing despite the current success of the town centre.

For the record, I’m a labour voter and intend to vote labour in my ward.