Cards on the table

KEEPING 11 Wirral libraries facing the axe open would cost £68,000 a month, according to the council’s director of regeneration Alan Stennard.

He made the revelation as an inquiry into the proposals opened at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton yesterday (Tuesday).

Around 150 people packed into the conference hall at the theatre to hear evidence from Wirral Council, Wirral Conservative leader Jeff Green, Wirral West MP Stephen Hesford, Eastham councillor Phil Gilchrist and Alec McFadden, secretary of Merseyside TUC.

Also speaking in the opening hours of