Factfile · 1 October 2019
This factfile is updated regularly with data about Liverpool City Council’s budget, giving you an insight in to the challenges we face. Funding Liverpool City Council is funded in four main ways: • Government funding — 60% of total• Council Tax — 14% of total• Business rates — 15% of total• Other income — 11% of total Northern cities such as Liverpool,
Uncategorized · 27 September 2019
We need to change the way we talk about ageing – that’s the pledge that Liverpool City Council will be making next week. On Tuesday 1 October, the UN’s International Day of Older Persons, Deputy Mayor of Liverpool Gary Millar will join other local authority leaders in signing an open letter committing the city to
News · 26 September 2019
Liverpool City Council is to buy more than 55,000 sq metres of prime waterfront land at Kings Dock from Homes England for £1. A report to the council’s Cabinet tomorrow (Friday, 27 September) seeks approval to acquire the freehold interest for a nominal sum, to help trigger a new multi-million redevelopment programme. The purchase follows
Arts & Events · 26 September 2019
Liverpool City Council is looking to officially adopt a policy which will safeguard the future of the city’s live music venues.
Consumer Protection · 26 September 2019
A LIVERPOOL cabbie who tried to con football fans into paying over the odds for a trip from Anfield back to their hotel has been hit with a hefty fine.
Arts & Events · 25 September 2019
A light festival and extraordinary fireworks – a new-look River of Light is back for 2019, bigger and better than ever! From Friday 1 to Saturday 9 November the Liverpool waterfront will be transformed with light, colour and sound as ten incredible art commissions by some of the most exciting international light artists will be on
Podcast · 24 September 2019
We’re talking about libraries – an emotive subject which sees fiercely protective instincts kick-in when the words ‘budget cuts’ and ‘libraries’ are used in the same sentence. We’re living in a time when the tide of austerity has not turned. This means we need to think differently about libraries and the service they offer to
Development · 24 September 2019
Developer Elliot Group has completed the refurbishment of a listed Georgian terrace in Liverpool’s Canning neighbourhood following a blueprint agreed with Liverpool City Council. The nine properties, which form an L-shape along Percy Street and Upper Parliament Street, had remained empty since 2008 when they were last occupied as bedsits. After an open-market bidding process
Uncategorized · 19 September 2019
BEATLES aficionados will come together at Liverpool’s Central Library for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of one of the world’s most iconic albums.
Care · 19 September 2019
People living with dementia and their carers can find out more about the condition and the support services available at next week’s Liverpool Dementia Information Day. Organised as part of World Alzheimer’s Month, the free event, on Wednesday 25 September, will see a packed programme of speakers at the Conference Centre at LACE, as well
Better roads · 18 September 2019
One of the most complex highway schemes ever seen in the UK is entering a critical new phase.
News · 18 September 2019
EVERY local authority football pavilion across Liverpool now has a life-saving defibrillator installed – as a legacy to a grassroots football legend. John Cantwell, 69, died in February 2018 while watching his son play football on the Joe Stone playing fields in Fazakerley. The dad-of-two, from Walton, began managing amateur football teams alongside his wife
Air Quality · 18 September 2019
An innovative giant living wall, part of a global effort to increase green space in city centres, has been approved by Liverpool City Council.
Business · 17 September 2019
Liverpool City Council has entered into a new arrangement in the future control of Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA).
Finance · 13 September 2019
Politicians of all parties on Liverpool City Council are uniting next week to call for urgent Government action to tackle the authority’s “perilous financial situation”. A special budget-themed meeting of all 90 elected members is being held at Liverpool Town Hall at 5pm on Wednesday 18 September to discuss an estimated £57.6 million gap in
News · 13 September 2019
charity launches the UK’s first centre for literature and wellbeing in Liverpool city park Pioneering space aims to start a national conversation about the impact of literature and the arts on health and society Includes new exhibition centre, The Calderstones Story, which tells the 5,000-year history of life in Liverpool As part of this, the
News · 11 September 2019
Austin Rawlinson Lifestyles Centre in Speke will reopen next week following £250,000 of urgent works. The sports hall and gym will open its doors on Monday 16 September, and the swimming pool will be available to customers from Tuesday 17 September. It follows a three-month renewal programme after surveys identified issues with: • Electric distribution
Transport · 11 September 2019
A major road in Liverpool city centre is closing this weekend as work continues on the removal of the footbridges under the flawed Churchill Way flyovers.
Community · 10 September 2019
A scheme devised to support vulnerable families over the summer holidays has provided up to 30,000 meals for children in need.
Community · 10 September 2019
Anthologies of poems written to mark Holocaust Memorial Day earlier this year are to be presented to libraries in Liverpool and Wirral. They are comprised of 63 entries to ‘Holocaust Memorial Day 2019’, the theme for which was Torn from Home, marking the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. There will also be presentations to
