John Wiseman has been suspended by Labour A LABOUR councillor has been suspended by his party after it emerged he had been banned from teaching for altering his students coursework. John Wiseman, a computing teacher at Calderstones School, in Liverpool was found to have made extensive modifications to work before submitting it to the exam board for moderation. A virtual hearing of a professional conduct panel heard he had admitted to altering several of his students coursework on November 5, 2018. He has subsequently been given an indefinite ban from teaching by the Teaching Regulation Agency. Mr Wiseman, 47, is also a Labour Councillor for St Helens, representing the Bold ward. He was due to stand down in May.
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Cross-party task group satisfied with St Helens Council budget process A CROSS-PARTY group of councillors have come away satisfied that St Helens Borough Council’s budget setting process for the upcoming year has been “robust and thorough”. The local authority is facing a budget gap of £20.4 million for 2021-2022, with council leader David Baines warning earlier this month that it is “inevitable that frontline, much-loved and much-used services are going to be affected”. A public consultation over proposals to cut £21.9 million from the council’s 2021-22 budget in order to balance the books is currently under way. A maximum council tax precept rise of 4.99 per cent – which includes a 3 per cent adult social care levy – is also expected to be approved next month.