Social Value Ideas for Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Driver qualification overhaul

The committee agreed to remove the external Level 2 qualification for taxi and private hire drivers and replace it with a strengthened in-house essential skills assessment. Officers said this gives th…

“The recommendations of this report are to, in essence, to remove the requirement for the specific level 2 qualification with a view to enhancing the e…”

New vehicle emissions rules

The proposed policy introduces emissions benchmarks for new taxi and private hire vehicle licences. Existing licensed vehicles that do not meet the new standard can continue to be renewed, so the chan…

“Paragraph 5 .3 or paragraph 5 .3 introduces an emissions standard to the grant of new vehicle licences. This is in respect of the vehicle statutory st…”

Dashcam and CCTV controls

The council is not mandating in-vehicle dashcams or CCTV, but is introducing explicit licensing controls for vehicles that do carry them, including ICO registration, notification to the licensing auth…

“Paragraph 5 .5 refers to in -vehicle dashcam and CCTV equipment. We're seeing an increase in the number of drivers who are voluntarily equipping their…”

Food Waste Collection Service Launch

Knowsley Council launching new weekly food waste recycling service from Monday 13 April 2026. Council has purchased 9 new food waste collection vehicles and recruited 20+ new waste collection staff fr…

“I'm very pleased to be able to update Council this evening that after 12 months of challenging preparation, Knowsley will provide our residents with m…”

Food waste collection rollout

Members reported the launch of weekly food waste recycling, including the purchase of nine new collection vehicles and recruitment of more than 20 waste staff. The service expansion is partly complete…

“The launch of weekly food waste recycling at the start of April was an exciting and essential step in our journey to achieve in a cleaner, greener Noz…”

Food waste service rollout costs

The council has already incurred and/or committed spending to launch the new food waste collection service, including recruitment to 30 posts, procurement and delivery of vehicles, and extensive resid…

“Good evening, members. This first risk is specific to the launch of the new food waste collection service which as Liam just indicated there has now b…”

Electoral Review - First Public Consultation Launch

The Local Government Boundary Commission for England will launch the first public consultation period on warding patterns for Knowsley on 25 November 2025. During this consultation phase (running unti…

“So the first opportunity starts on the 25th of November and that's the first consultation period on warding patterns and it will run until the 16th of…”

Electoral Review - Three Statutory Criteria Framework

The LGBCE is bound by law to consider three statutory criteria when making electoral review recommendations: (1) Electoral Equality - proposing wards where each councillor represents approximately the…

“We are bound by law to consider three particular things and these are our three statutory criteria. So the first of these is what we call electoral eq…”

Electoral Review - Constraints on Parish and Boundary Changes

The electoral review operates under specific legal constraints: the LGBCE cannot create or abolish parishes (responsibility of Knowsley Council through community governance review); cannot amend exter…

“We cannot create or abolish parishes as part of an electoral review. That can only be done as part of a community governance review... We cannot amend…”