Politics

The 1 pm radio bulletin for Mersey News Live on 6th January 2025. https://soundcloud.com/lssgscar/1-oclock-bulletin-6-1-12?si=1ae3c6f21950460382f1c2a10b426ce9&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing  

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqy-V4qcJAI   In September, Liverpool was recognised as the world's first United Nations 'Accelerator City' for climate action. The initiative kicked off with Expedition One on November 29, a two day event at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool featuring interactive elements as well...

Liverpool Humanists have voiced their support for the assisted dying bill for the terminally ill, which MPs voted for last week. The bill will allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protections, to request and be provided...

Young people from Vibe UK Liverpool have joined the first workshop of a new nationwide youth network to re-imagine the future of democracy. They joined over 30 of their peers from across the UK to work with the Windsor-based education...

Ahead of the crackdown on the sale of single use or disposable vapes, Liverpool city council have been cracking down on the supply of illegal vapes this year after closing down over 15 stores suppling them. The new legislation is...

A Merseyside blindness charity welcomed Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram's pledge to make all Mersey Rail stations and platforms accessible for those with disabilities. However, Margaret Guppy, a volunteer from Bradbury Fields, told Mersey News Live that not enough is being...

Tributes to the long-serving former Birkenhead MP and crossbench peer, Lord Frank Field have been paid by Merseyside representatives from across the political spectrum. Lord Field represented Birkenhead for 40 years spanning from 1979 to 2019, first as a Labour...

Politicians and MPs have paid tribute to Frank Field, former Birkenhead MP, after he passed away on Tuesday. Frank Field was the MP for Birkenhead for 40 years. A family statement was issued by his parliamentary office saying that Field had...

In preparation for the upcoming Liverpool City Region Metro Mayoral Election, Steve Rotheram is eyeing up a hat-trick of election wins. On the 2nd May the people of Merseyside will elect a metro mayor for just the third time, after...

Next month’s Liverpool City Region mayoral election will be the first to use the first past the post voting system to elect the region’s metro mayor.   In the previous two votes for this position the supplementary vote system had been...