News · 27 June 2020
Following the mass gathering at Liverpool’s Pier Head yesterday evening, Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, has written to the people of the city. To the people of Liverpool, I wanted to put in writing my sadness and disappointment at the scenes that unfolded in Liverpool city centre last night. An occasion for celebration has been
News · 27 June 2020
Joint statement from Liverpool Football Club, Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Police following mass gathering at the Pier Head last night. Throughout the last week, Liverpool Football Club, Merseyside Police, Liverpool City Council and Spirit of Shankly, have worked together to consistently remind people that the region is still disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic
News · 26 June 2020
Homeless people and rough sleepers who have been helped inside during lockdown could be supported to access the city’s vacant properties in a bid to prevent them from returning to the streets.
Civic · 26 June 2020
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson has congratulated Liverpool Football Club on winning the Premiership title. They secured their 19th title last night – leading to an outpouring of emotion from fans who have been waiting 30 years for them to lift the trophy. The city council is urging ecstatic fans to try and maintain social
News · 26 June 2020
Work is to begin next week on a radical eco-friendly redesign of one of Liverpool’s most famous roads. The Strand – which runs past the historic Royal Albert Docks, Liverpool ONE and Three Graces and hosted the finale to Liverpool FC’s Champions League homecoming last June – is to undergo a £22m upgrade in a
News · 25 June 2020
Liverpool has set out an unprecedented £1.4bn plan to help boost the nation’s post-Covid recovery and preparations for a post-Brexit economy. The city has submitted a 178-page report to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor outlining how the city aims to prevent a socio-economic crisis deeper than the 1980s recession, with a multi-layered programme which
News · 24 June 2020
The Good Business Festival reveals first details of Act 1on 8thOctober2020, with Act 2 taking place in March 2021 British Fashion Council, Greenpeace, Iceland Foods, Liverpool Football Club, Mastercard and Coca-Cola among its partners Ambassadors include Athian Akec, Member for Camden Youth Parliament, Ann Cairns, Executive Vice Chair of Mastercard, Holly Tucker, UK Ambassador for Creative Small
News · 23 June 2020
The Mayor of Liverpool has welcomed the Government’s announcement that parts of the cultural and hospitality sector will be allowed to open their doors from 4 July. Mayor Joe Anderson has praised the decision after latest figures show the huge economic return the culture and hospitality has for Liverpool. For Liverpool, the leisure, creative and
News · 22 June 2020
Liverpool has raised the Armed Forces Flag on Liverpool Town Hall as today (Monday 22 June) officially marks the start of Armed Forces Week. The Lord Mayor Councillor Anna Rothery, was joined by Lieutenant Commander Roy Miller Royal Naval Reserve, and the city’s armed forces champion Councillor Roy Gladden to hoist the flag. It kick-starts
News · 22 June 2020
Funds previously allocated to deliver cancelled Pride in Liverpool festival now redirected to a Community Fund, supported by Barclays. LCR Pride Foundation has today opened applications for a £20,000 Community Fund, for projects that support the LGBT+ community in the Liverpool City Region. The announcement comes as the organisation responsible for delivering Pride in Liverpool
Business · 22 June 2020
Road closures, pop up parks, architecturally designed furniture, a business grant scheme and free trading permits are all part of a new pilot package of support for the hospitality sector in Liverpool. Part of the ongoing ‘Liverpool Without Walls’ project to re-imagine the city under social distancing, a joint project between Liverpool City Council, Liverpool
News · 19 June 2020
With a busy weekend of football, Father’s Day and beautiful weather coming up, many people on Merseyside will be getting that first taste of ‘normality’, since Coronavirus restrictions were introduced in March this year. Although lockdown restrictions have begun to ease, a key challenge for the UK and indeed Merseyside is to navigate these changes
News · 19 June 2020
Officers are continuing to work alongside our local councils to urge the Merseyside public to continue acting responsibly and to avoid hosting and attending unlicensed events and illegal gatherings. We would like to thank the vast majority of you who are adhering to social distancing measures and protecting the wider community from the virus as
News · 19 June 2020
Communities across Merseyside will join together for a special online celebration of Father’s Day on Sunday 21 June.
Transport · 19 June 2020
LIVERPOOL City Council has become the first authority in the country to approve a locally-made protective screen for taxis and private hire vehicles that will help prevent the spread of coronavirus.
Blog · 19 June 2020
The death of George Floyd will be remembered for a very long time to come, as a watershed moment for how the world views issues of race and equality. It is tragic that it has taken a senseless death to force us, both here and in the US, to take a look at the way
News · 18 June 2020
Liverpool’s first black Lord Mayor has been reappointed for another year as the city’s first citizen.
News · 18 June 2020
A month-long celebration of refugee arts and culture has started as part of National Refugee Week. Festival 31 has launched this week and offers a series of unique and thought-provoking art commissions and events exploring the refugee experience. Organised by Liverpool-based charity SOLA Arts, the festival has been taking place in the city since 2014,
Covid-19 · 17 June 2020
Schools in Liverpool have been advised they can start admitting children again – providing they have the capacity to do so safely. Headteachers have been contacted by Liverpool City Council to inform them that it is now considered safe for them to look at taking in pupils who are not the children of key workers.
News · 17 June 2020
A second Regional Testing Centre for Covid-19 has opened in Cheshire and Merseyside.Based at Liverpool John Lennon Airport the centre began testing residents, with pre-arrangedappointments, on Wednesday, June 17.The drive-through coronavirus testing facility is located in the long stay car park at the airportand is a key part of the Cheshire and Merseyside push to
