Politics

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...

Steve Rotheram, the Metro Mayor for the Liverpool City Region, is poised to become an Alumni Ambassador Fellow of Liverpool John Moores University. One of the first to receive the award, the metro mayor has been recognised as someone who...

The city’s Acting Mayor has launched a new round of funding for ideas that improve Liverpool’s communities. Councillor Wendy Simon said ideas which make Liverpool more vibrant and connected could receive up to £10,000 as part of Crowdfund Liverpool. The latest...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has hinted that he will introduce tax cuts in the budget, set to be delivered tomorrow. This comes as growing pressure has been placed on the Chancellor to cut taxes with them being at a current historic...

Green projects aiming to improve the environment in the Liverpool city region have been granted funding of £500k. Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced the 58 projects that will be funded by the Community Environment Fund.