I did a street surgery in Birkrig this morning. The main problem seems to be the state of the pavements, the rubbish and the “landscaped” areas that have been left to become overgrown, full of weeds, litter and broken bottles.

There are parts that feel like they’ve been abandoned by the Council, and from reports that I got speaking to people this morning, it sounds like the Council have just ignored the estate.

This picture seemed to sum it up – a can thrown into an overgrown bush.

It’s possible that some of the money from the safer, stronger communities funding could be used to improve the area, but thats not good enough. The Council should be keeping the estates around Skelmersdale clean, and I think they’re failing.