A well-run council · 16 March 2026
Liverpool City Council is set to approve a 10-year Anti-Poverty Framework (2026 – 2036) aimed at preventing and reducing poverty while improving life chances for residents across the city. The new framework brings together the Council’s existing anti-poverty work into one clear plan, helping services and partners work more closely together and making it easier
High quality and inclusive education, skills and employment · 3 February 2026
Partnership has played a major role in driving innovation, skills, investment and inclusive growth across the city
A well-connected, sustainable and accessible city · 27 January 2026
Site will include state of the art learning and therapeutic environments purpose built for children with diverse and complex needs
News · 2 January 2026
Liverpool’s Adult Learning Service (ALS) will once again be hosting open days and skills checks to support people on to a vocational course. The highly successfully open days offer a chance to meet the experienced ALS team and tutors who will help learners to find the right course for them. Courses starting in January are:
High quality and inclusive education, skills and employment · 22 December 2025
Liverpool City Council has received confirmation from the Department for Education that a new girls school in Liverpool can progress to the next stage.
High quality and inclusive education, skills and employment · 4 December 2025
Liverpool City Council will host an event next month to improve digital confidence as part of its award-winning Stanley Park Market.
Film and TV · 21 November 2025
Liverpool is now the UK’s most-filmed city outside London – and at the heart of its thriving screen industry are two sisters helping to make the magic happen. Faye and Claire Newton, long-established location managers with credits on Peaky Blinders, Bridgerton, The Ipcress File and Amazon’s Heads of State, founded Liverpool Locations to connect productions
News · 5 November 2025
Young people in Liverpool who are currently looking for employment are invited to the city’s first Youth Guarantee Trailblazer event later next week. On Tuesday 11 November, young people aged 18-21 can come along to Liverpool Town Hall to a special marketplace event to meet a wide range of partners who are looking to support
A strong and fair economy for all · 22 October 2025
The temporary classrooms are modern, constructed to a high standard, and fully equipped to support teaching and learning from day one.
A strong and fair economy for all · 12 September 2025
Liverpool is in the running to be crowned European Capital of Innovation 2026 after reaching the semi-final stage of the prestigious competition.
News · 8 August 2025
Missed the Liverpool Adult Learning Service open days in July? Don’t worry there’re still more opportunities for learners to meet the team next month! After four highly successful open days in July where the experienced ALS team and tutors met prospective students, there are four further days in September for learners to find out about
News · 24 July 2025
Plans to deliver a new school in Liverpool are approaching a significant milestone as proposals for the site are submitted to the Department for Education. Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Liverpool, to be operated by Star Academies, was approved in August 2023 by the DfE under the Free Schools Programme, in response to rising demand for
News · 11 July 2025
Liverpool City Council is committed to helping residents into work, whether it’s getting back into work after a period of unemployment or young people securing their very first role. One group that can often find it tough to find roles are people with a learning disability or autism, with just 4.1 per cent in the
High quality and inclusive education, skills and employment · 10 July 2025
Liverpool City Council’s Cabinet will next week be asked to approve plans for temporary modular classrooms which will see a further increase in school places for pupils with SEND. The classrooms are set to provide 40 further places at the Naylorsfield Drive site of Millstead Primary School, Netherley, from this September for two years, after
News · 9 July 2025
Thinking about returning to learning? Not sure where to start? Then come along to a Liverpool Adult Learning Service (ALS) open day! Next week, the ALS team will be on hand at four centres across the city to answer questions about the courses that will be available from September. The open days, that operate on
News · 3 June 2025
Liverpool’s biggest annual event for parents, carers and professionals who work with children with SEND returns later this month. Now in its fifth year, SEND Local Offer LIVE is back at St George’s Hall on Wednesday 18 June and will bring together providers, organisations and professionals as well as families and carers at a dynamic
News · 2 June 2025
Liverpool City Council has launched an improved way of supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities. The SEND Graduated Approach Toolkit is available to all professionals who work with youngsters with SEND, aged from 0-25 years, to make sure the right support is in place for them at the right time.
A strong and fair economy for all · 28 May 2025
Initiative promises expert advice in key areas such as legal compliance, financial planning, marketing, and business strategy
News · 8 April 2025
Over 2,500 new childcare places are being created in Liverpool that will support working parents – and there are more to come. The increase has been made possible by grant funding received from the government to support the national expansion of funded childcare places as well as places which are part of the “wraparound” programme
News · 4 April 2025
King’s Leadership Academy Wavertree, a non-selective free school, is set to open in September following confirmation from the Department for Education that it is entering into a funding agreement. The Secretary of State for Education has agreed that the multi-academy trust, the Great Schools Trust, can open the school with its first cohort of 210
