Politics

Liverpool West Derby MP Ian Byrne has made recent comments in parliament on Everton's 10 point deduction. The MP described the decision - after the club was found to have breached the Premier League's financial rules - as "grossly unjust". Listen...

Former US Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will be giving a talk at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall speaking about his recent book “It’s OK to be Angry at Capitalism”, on January 15.  The Senator from Vermont will present his vision of what...

Olivia Beatty and Abbi Ford bring you the latest news and sport from around the region from the MerseyNewsLive TV team, including how to protect your business from cybercrime and  ambitious plans to restore Hilbre Island's derelict buildings: https://youtu.be/feI2IzE4Gs0?si=oCpukPLNC93YjIfI Featured image:...

A council in Merseyside has revealed its plans for a £73.5m redevelopment of its area over the next few years. Wirral Council plans to refurbish a former Birkenhead shop unit, redevelop New Ferry town centre and create a mental health...

Bill Esterson, MP for Sefton Central, has demanded more electric vehicle charging points to be installed in the North of England through levelling up programmes. Liverpool City Council announced at the start of the year that 300 new electric vehicle...

Sunday saw trans activists gather to protest against gender-critic activist Posie Parker's 'Let Women Speak' campaign. The protesters largely outnumbered Posie's followers with huge number of young LGBTQ+ people and allies campaigning in the Knowledge Quarter. Parker had previously paid for...

Protestors in Liverpool have reacted angrily to plans which could see trans women being banned from female-only healthcare spaces such as Liverpool Women's Hospital Health secretary Steve Barclay promised to restore “common sense” to the health service and recognise “the...

Former ambassador to North Korean John Everard attended LJMU to deliver a talk to students about the region and to inspire them to consider a career within the foreign service. Mr Everard served in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office...

Additional reporting by Tom Mourino Merseynewslive visited Chester and Liverpool to find out what people were hoping for ahead of today's Spring Budget. The budget is focussed on the 'four E's': Education, Enterprise, Employment, Everywhere. Does that match public priorities? The overall...

The leader of Liverpool's Chamber of Commerce has shared his hopes and thoughts with MNL ahead of today's (March 15) Budget statement. Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt will outline the state of our economy and then propose his policy on how to help improve it.