Councillors in St Helens are set to approve a £6.9m investment in five council buildings to make them more energy efficient.

Cabinet will be asked to approve investing £1.123m of local council funding into the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme in match funding to be able to unlock more than £5.8m in grant funding to help reduce running costs and decrease their carbon footprint.

Works to two of the buildings - St Helens Town Hall and The Gamble - will be managed directly by St Helens Borough Council, with the other three - Hardshaw Brook Depot, Queens Park Leisure Centre and St Helens South Community Hub at Chester Lane - will be delivered by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority who oversee the main fund.

The cabinet member for adult social care and health, and temporary portfolio holder for finance, added: "This is a great example where we as a council are using council taxpayers money wisely to unlock much greater investments that will benefit many of our vital assets in the borough.

"These schemes will not only make our borough greener but will also in the long term help reduce the costs of running to make sure the Council Tax your spend is being put to good use in modernising our buildings."