News · 26 January 2024
Have your say on the Council’s equality objectives
Liverpool City Council is holding a consultation on its equality objectives and wants people who live or work in the city to have their say.
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News · 25 January 2024
Liverpool Legacy Redefines Eurovision
With just days to go until Liverpool officially hands over the Eurovision key to 2024 hosts Sweden – an official report has concluded that the City has revolutionised the hosting of the contest. Ground-breaking research has been carried out to understand the power and impact on global cultural relations that the UK and Liverpool had
News · 24 January 2024
Investment proposed in ‘Eurovision’ arena
Liverpool City Council is set to invest a total of £11 million in the Arena and Convention Centre (ACC Liverpool) at Kings Dock, to ensure it can continue to attract top events and conferences.
News · 24 January 2024
Craig Charles limbers up for DJ Battle!
Actor and DJ Craig Charles today joined an all-star line-up for Mayor Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham’s Liverpool v Manchester DJ Battle to raise funds for homelessness charities. The former Red Dwarf and Coronation Street star will take to the decks at Liverpool’s Camp and Furnace venue on Friday, February 2. The BBC Radio 6
News · 23 January 2024
Queens Drive update
Read our frequently asked questions about the latest situation regarding the closure of part of Queens Drive.
Healthier lives for children and adults · 23 January 2024
Ofsted praise improvements in Children’s Services
Ofsted has found that Children’s Services in Liverpool are “laying strong foundations to enable the necessary improvements to be made” and working with “determination and pace” following an inadequate inspection judgement last May.
News · 22 January 2024
Dance into the spotlight with new grant funding
From tap to tango, break to belly dancing or contemporary to cha cha – Culture Liverpool is on the lookout for the city’s best dancing talent. Creative individuals and organisations are being encouraged to apply for a one-off Dance Creative Commission Grant, and use the funding to commission a brand new piece of work that
High quality and inclusive education, skills and employment · 18 January 2024
BLOG: “Involving children in consultation, planning and decision-making, is a must-do”
Hearing what residents think about Council-run services and the services they would like to see in the future is very important to us. And that includes listening to children and young people. Here, Cabinet Member for Employment, Educational Attainment and Skills Cllr Lila Bennett explains why the Liverpool Schools’ Parliament is such an important forum
News · 18 January 2024
Council reports significant progress in Freedom of Information requests
Liverpool City Council has been commended by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for work improving responses to Freedom of Information requests.
Healthier lives for children and adults · 17 January 2024
Temporary night hub opens to assess and assist rough sleepers
A temporary night assessment hub has opened to assist people found rough sleeping in Liverpool.
News · 16 January 2024
Jamie Webster joins the DJ Battle
Liverpool’s Jamie Webster is the latest artist to join Mayors Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham for their giant charity DJ Battle in Liverpool next month. The pair will be taking to the decks on Friday 2 February 2024 at Camp and Furnace, as the Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester go head-to-head in a good-natured
A well-connected, sustainable and accessible city · 16 January 2024
Snow impacts council services – update
The snow is having a widespread impact across Liverpool this morning.
News · 15 January 2024
Spice Up Your Life and celebrate the 30th anniversary of the world’s most famous girl band!
A brand new temporary exhibition at Liverpool’s British Music Experience is charting the history of the most important girl band in British history. Girl Power! Spice Girls at 30 will run from 7 February 2024 to 8 September 2024 and will tell the band’s story through outfits from the extraordinary collection of independent curator Liz
News · 12 January 2024
Enter the Dragon!
Plans are under way to stage Liverpool’s biggest-ever Lunar New Year celebrations, not only to welcome in the Year of the Dragon, but also to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the city’s twinning with Shanghai. Taking place from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 February, for the first time the FREE activities will not only take
News · 11 January 2024
Stars join Northern mayors as they go head-to-head in charity DJ battle in Liverpool
Artists, presenters and sporting legends including Rebecca Ferguson, Heather Small, John Barnes and Peter Ried are set to join Mayors Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham for their charity ‘DJ Battle’ in Liverpool next month. This follows their epic encounter last year in Manchester when both claimed victory. The pair will be taking to the decks
Community · 10 January 2024
Unique play area restored to former glory
Liverpool's first fully accessible children's play area - in Croxteth Country Park - has reopened.
News · 10 January 2024
Stark report outlines health challenges in Liverpool by 2040 and the actions needed to tackle them
Liverpool’s Director of Public Health is calling for radical – and systemic – changes to the way the city responds to health challenges to prevent reduced life expectancy and extended periods of ill health for residents in the city.
News · 9 January 2024
Liverpool joins race to host Gay Games
Liverpool has officially expressed an interest in hosting the Gay Games in 2030. The Federation of Gay Games (FGG) has announced the results of the first phase of bidding for Gay Games XIII. A total of 25 cities across six continents expressed an interest in bidding by submitting an official response to the FGG’s Request
Healthier lives for children and adults · 9 January 2024
Council leadership requests government cancel plans to scrap the Household Support Fund
Liverpool City Council leader, Cllr Liam Robinson, has written to the Government calling on them to scrap plans to abolish the Household Support Fund.
Healthier lives for children and adults · 9 January 2024
Illegal vapes seized in Liverpool
More than 1,000 illegal vapes with a street value of £12,000 have been seized in a joint Council-Police operation.
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