Find out more about the budget challenges facing the council and where it receives its money from.
Liverpool City Council is calling on the Government to follow its example of investing in infrastructure to stimulate growth.
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Liverpool City Council has decided to adopt a rather eye-catching approach in its continuing campaign against fly-tippers – branding dumped waste as ‘crime scenes’.
Liverpool's Mayor says the latest local government settlement will inevitably mean more pain for council services – with the city hit more than three times harder than the national average
Read Acting Mayor, Cllr Wendy Simon's budget speech.
Residents in Liverpool are being urged to help decide where the council should prioritise its spending in the face of huge cuts. A Budget Simulator has been launched on the council's website.
Liverpool City Council has announced that funding for some services will be cut by 50% over the next three years to meet the £156 million of savings required
Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson and the Bishop of Liverpool will host a summit of large cities to challenge and demand changes to the Government's unfair distribution of local authority funding.
Discussions are set to get underway with voluntary and community organisations about taking over six youth and play centre buildings.
Mayor Joe Anderson has written to Prime Minister David Cameron to correct his claim that the city's settlement for 2013-14 is the same in cash terms as 2010-11.
A total of £300,000 is to be made available across Liverpool over the next year for community organisations to help people that are struggling to make ends meet.
