Politics

There are plans to join the Wirral and Liverpool City Centre by building a tidal barrage across the River Mersey. Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram said: "The River Mersey has been the lifeblood of our fortunes for centuries. I believe it...

Rishi Sunak has finally become Prime Minister amidst fears on Merseyside that he will do little to help the Labour stronghold. He is the first British Asian to hold the office and the youngest leader the country has seen in...

Liverpool City Council has released its budget plans on how to tackle the shortfall of £24.5 million. During the meeting the cabinet approved plans for several strategies to tackle the shortfall. Following government cuts of up to £450 million since...

The Government has announced that it will intervene in the running of Liverpool City Council after a bombshell report into the administration was revealed. Local Government Secretary, Robert Jenrick, delivered a statement to Parliament where he outlined the major problems discovered in the report and his plans for the future running of the council.

To hear the latest from MerseyNewsLive, where we touch on parliament's Christmas parties, knife crime and more, listen here!  Presented and produced by Lucy Burns https://soundcloud.com/user-77709388-92128450/november-22nd-12-o-clock-bulletin-merseynewslive/s-81EOlEtXh5L?si=c2a53d90319843b5aadc8ccebd1559e1&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Featured image © MerseyNewsLive

Liverpool City Centre has been awarded a multimillion-pound boost for the life sciences hub and for one of the cities markets. Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, announced a £31m investment package for the city...

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...

https://soundcloud.com/joe-foley-338686169/parliament-votes-against-making-misogyny-a-hate-crime?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing MPs have voted against making misogyny a hate crime, despite a record 63,136 rape cases being reported last year. Here is Joe Foley with more information. Featured image by Photo by Becca Tapert on Unsplash

Merseyside in the 1960s and 70s was hotbed of culture and activity. Not only did the city have their most famous export topping the charts, but one of their adopted sons was top of the government. Twice. Harold Wilson is...

People living in the six boroughs of the Liverpool City Region (Liverpool, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral and Halton), have a choice of five candidates to vote for their next mayor on May 2. Here’s everything you need to...