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Apprenticeships
- Mayor Steve Rotheram unveils radical levelling up plan to drive Liverpool City Region economy and improve lives
- Steve Rotheram announces network of Youth Hubs to support young people
- Combined Authority recognised as one of England’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers
- Metro Mayor offers support for apprentices made redundant during the COVID-19 crisis
- National Apprenticeship week continues
- Liverpool City Region Apprenticeship Portal Shortlisted For European Award
- Metro Mayor calls for ‘revolution’ in walking and cycling across Liverpool City Region as he confirms investment for new foot and bike routes
- Half-price rail travel for young apprentices in the Liverpool City Region launched today
- First LCR transfer of Apprenticeship Levy funds creates 44 apprentices for autism charity
- Stadler apprentices qualify and get jobs at the company.
- Metro Mayor announces half-price rail travel for young apprentices in the Liverpool City Region
- Metro Mayor Marks Two-Year Anniversary
- Metro Mayor celebrates completion of new St Winefride’s Campus
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram launches Liverpool City Region apprenticeship portal
- Liverpool City Region Careers Hub to improve opportunities for young people
- Young apprentices benefit from half-price bus travel
Brexit
- Northern Labour leaders demand £70bn plan for the north as post-Brexit safety net
- Metro Mayor pushes city region’s case with Brexit minister
- Metro Mayors’ Summit calls for strengthened commitment to devolution
Budget
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Unveils Budget Proposals
- Combined Authority Approves Freeze on Mayoral Council Tax Precept, Mersey Tunnel Tolls and Transport Levy
- Metro Mayor of Liverpool City Region Proposes Freeze on Precept and Tunnel Tolls
- Combined Authority agrees budget and priorities for 2019/20
- Steve Rotheram proposes £1 Fast Tag toll for Mersey Tunnels
- Steve Rotheram announces priorities for the coming year
Business & Economics
- Liverpool City Region embarks on mission to South Korea to boost innovation and visit world’s largest tidal power scheme
- £1 million boost for Liverpool City Region Angel Network
- Liverpool City Region unveils multi-billion pound innovation plan to deliver UK’s science superpower ambition
- Local jobs, tackling inequality and combatting the climate crisis at the heart of new Liverpool City Region Social Value Framework
- Major Step Forward for Liverpool City Region Freeport
- Belfast, Dublin, the Liverpool City Region and Manchester in Historic Net-Zero Co-operation Agreement
- New Step Forward on Mersey Tidal Power Project
- North West England Mayors arrive in Dublin to kick off joint mission to boost trade & cultural links
- Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester to boost ties with Ireland, Northern Ireland on joint visit
- Mayor Steve Rotheram launches new Skills Action Plan to help employers fill record number of job vacancies across Liverpool City Region
- Mayor Joanne Anderson and Mayor Steve Rotheram make new commitments to gender equality on International Women’s Day
- Liverpool City Region bus revolution moves another step closer
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram unveils plan to help city region tourism industry recover from seismic shock of Covid
- The Good Business Festival kick-starts change for good as the UK heads for life after the pandemic
- £9.4 million expansion of award-winning skills service to help 10,000 people in Liverpool City Region next year
- Metro Mayor announces £10.5m for new investment company – as he reveals Liverpool City Region’s ambition to be an innovation powerhouse
- Liverpool City Region leaders announce deadline extension for £8.1m scheme to support COVID-hit businesses
- £700k investment gives Liverpool City Region restaurants and community a pioneering alternative to food delivery giants
- Metro Mayor announces backing for National Packaging Innovation Centre that could create 2000 jobs
- Liverpool City Region leaders launch new £8.1m scheme to support COVID-hit businesses
- Combined Authority Invests £600k to Scale Up SME Investment Service
- Northern leaders set out collective offer to work with Government to level up the North
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram committed to improving mental health at work
- Scale of Liverpool City Region’s efforts to rescue COVID-hit economy revealed
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram officially launches LCR Connect – delivering ultrafast digital infrastructure to the Liverpool City Region
- Metro Mayor commits extra £1m to Liverpool City Region film industry after success of hit TV dramas Time and Help
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram pumps £6 million into Liverpool City Region Growth Fund to unblock pipeline of projects and boost growth and jobs
- Combined Authority approves up to £45m support for region’s biggest regeneration project in more than a decade
- Combined Authority announces up to £45m plan to support region’s biggest regeneration project in more than a decade
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram announces £30m to boost post-pandemic recovery
- Metro Mayor reveals roadmap for delivering stronger, fairer, cleaner Liverpool City Region – with no one left behind
- Combined Authority Launches £15m Open Call to Help Deliver 4000 New Brownfield Homes
- Green Light for Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram’s £150m COVID Recovery Fund
- Metro Mayor launches The Good Business Festival youth programme at Knowsley Safari
- Metro Mayor Sees Impact of “Lifeline” Funding as Hospitality Businesses Re-open
- Metro Mayor Delivers £150m COVID Recovery Fund on Day One
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Invites Bids for UK Community Renewal Fund
- New £10m Local Business Support Grants Launched for Liverpool City Region
- Additional support announced for Liverpool City Region taxi drivers
- Steve Rotheram Welcomes Liverpool City Region Town Centres Commission Report
- £10m Top-Up Grants announced for Liverpool City Region businesses
- £2.65m from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to create 300+ jobs across three sites
- Metro Mayor announces £1.1m boost for innovative local businesses
- Funding Approved and Work Starts on £17.8m Sci-Tech Daresbury Development
- Liverpool City Region announces UK’s first fund to support ‘excluded and forgotten’ in retail and hospitality sectors
- Mayors and Irish ministers renew commitment to boost links between Ireland and North West
- £400k Combined Authority Grant Brings Pioneering Biotech Company to Liverpool City Region
- City Region Leaders and Mayors Announce £1.5m COVID-19 Fund for Local Authorities to support Taxi Drivers
- Liverpool City Region Secures £44million Tier 3 Covid-19 Support Package
- Emergency Fund for Hospitality and Leisure Sector Launched in Liverpool City Region
- Liverpool City Region agrees Emergency Aid Package for hospitality and leisure industry
- Combined Authority approves funding for next steps in the revitalisation of the Strand and Bootle town centre
- Statement from Steve Rotheram on potential further restrictions, or local lockdown, for Liverpool City Region
- Combined Authority surveys Liverpool City Region transport users on travel habits
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram Calls for Government investment in “a people-focused recovery”
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Becomes Founder Member of Inclusive Growth Network
- New Boost for Liverpool City Region’s £2.9 billion Community and Social Sector
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority joins the Wellbeing Economy Alliance
- Metro Mayor announces £1m Boost for innovative local businesses
- Metro Mayor Welcomes £26 million Investment Towards Building Back Better
- £6.5 million boost for Liverpool City Region’s socially trading organisations
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Approves £34 million loan to Liverpool Airport
- £17 million funding boost for Littlewoods Studios
- Revolutionary new St Helens partnership Glass Futures to take a step closer with funding boost
- Ambitious £8.8 billion Economic Recovery Plan for the Liverpool City Region
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram reacts to Chancellor’s Summer Statement
- Reaction from Steve Rotheram to today’s local government funding announcement
- The Good Business Festival announces new format and event partners
- Metro Mayor launches new LCR Future Innovation Fund to support the city region’s most innovative SMEs
- “We cannot allow a lost generation” – Metro Mayor
- £180m of Existing Liverpool City Region Schemes that will help drive our Economic Recovery
- “We must be ambitious for our economic recovery” – Metro Mayor
- Metro Mayor launches Sustain – a new programme to support Liverpool City Region businesses
- Metro Mayor Announces Liverpool City Region Economic Recovery Panel
- Liverpool City Region SMEs step up as LCR Cares Fund fast-tracks £500k for community groups
- Metro Mayor announces £15m Coronavirus business support
- Metro Mayor announces £400,000 of immediate funding to support Music, Film and TV industries
- First recipients of LCR Cares grants revealed as fund nears half a million pound mark
- Urgent Call for Help with Personal Protective Equipment for Frontline workers
- Employment advice and support for those affected by current situation relating to Coronavirus
- Metro Mayor Announces 100% Funding allocation for All Adult Education Budget Providers in Liverpool City Region As Response to Coronavirus
- Survey Reveals 95% of LCR businesses are affected by COVID-19
- Metro Mayor Announces Tailored Business Support for Socially Trading Organisations
- Metro Mayor and Leader of Halton announcement on Mersey Tunnel and Mersey Gateway tolls
- Merseyrail and the RMT Union reach agreement on release of back-dated pay awards to support Guards during Coronavirus crisis
- Metro Mayor unveils first package of measures to help Liverpool City Region deal with Coronavirus
- Statement from Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor following conference call with city region businesses and economic stakeholders
- Steve Rotheram exploring measures to help local people deal with Coronavirus
- Statement on Coronavirus crisis from Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor
- BUDGET: Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram: Urgent action on Coronavirus must be the priority in this budget
Culture
- Liverpool City Region wins big at BAFTA TV awards
- “He’s a true inspiration to others.” Mayor meets the 14 year old making a difference in his community.
- Winners revealed in the 3rd Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards.
- Vote now for your People’s Choice – Outstanding Contribution to Culture winner in the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards.
- Public seal of approval for Merseybeat legend Gerry Marsden tribute at Mersey Ferry terminal
- Finalists revealed for the 2021 Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards
- Halton hands on the Liverpool City Region Borough of Culture baton to Knowsley
- Mersey Tunnel Tours receive VisitEngland seal of approval
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram has announced that “The World Reimagined” is coming to the Liverpool City Region
- Nominations open for the 2021 Culture and Creativity Awards
- Metro Mayor launches Generations for Change to help tackle racial inequality
- Mersey ferry revamp reveals the weight of history – as 130-year-old anchors are raised to the surface
- Five-year plan for culture revealed as effect of Covid-19 pandemic on Liverpool City Region’s creative industry is laid bare
- Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards crowns its 2020 champions.
- Liverpool City Region actress Eithne Browne to host 2020 Culture and Creativity Awards.
- Vote for your People’s Choice Award finalist in the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards.
- Finalists announced in the 2020 Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards
- Deadline for nominations extended in the 2020 Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards
- Nominations open for the 2020 Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards
- Music Fund supporting city region’s economic recovery
- Trio of buildings to light up for a Nightingale’s Song as part of Sefton’s Borough of Culture.
- Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor announces new co-chair of the Cultural Partnership.
- Inaugural Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards take place
- Finalists in the Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards announced.
- Still Time to Enter the Design a House Competition.
- Culture and Creativity Awards – Deadline extended!
- Still time to enter the Culture and Creativity Awards!
- Metro Mayor Launches Liverpool City Region Culture and Creativity Awards.
- RLPO performance to celebrate Wirral’s Borough of Culture celebrations.
- £4 million Funding Boost for Shakespeare North Playhouse
- Metro Mayor reminds fans to heed travel advice ahead of massive LFC weekend
- Tour of Britain heads to Wirral in September
- Wirral welcomes Britain’s top men’s and women’s cycling teams
- Liverpool City Region Music Board consults on key priorities
- Metro Mayor backs Liverpool City Region bid to host Gay Games in 2026
- Foundation launches to make Liverpool City Region the most LGBT+ friendly region in the UK
- Liverpool City Region Borough of Culture – Wirral – holds its first event.
- Winning design of new Borough of Culture logo unveiled
- The Liverpool City Region announces members of Music Board
- Wirral to be the city region’s Borough of Culture for 2019
- Combined Authority approves £20m for new cruise liner terminal
Devolution
- Delivery underway of £54 million Glass Futures development in St Helens
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Announces Proposals for £5.3m Funding for Data-Driven Health Improvements
- Further funding secured for Kirkby
- Steve Rotheram Launches £75m Business Growth Package – “Biggest for Liverpool City Region in 20 Years”
- Metro Mayor Launches LCR Listens – Combined Authority’s Biggest Ever Public Engagement Exercise
- Steve Rotheram Announces Commission to Deliver New Station for Liverpool City Centre
- Liverpool high-speed rail link plans approved by Transport for the North
- Steve Rotheram vows to bring politics to the people
- Steve Rotheram launches £500m fund for the city region
- Mayors join forces to push for Crossrail for the North
- Steve Rotheram announces new £6 million fund to support our town centres
Digital
- £8.1m boost to expand Skills Bootcamps for the Liverpool City Region
- Metro Mayor Supports Scheme Offering Free Broadband for Jobseekers
- Work starts on LCR Connect in St Helens
- More set to benefit from the Liverpool City Region’s digital skills programme
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram launches game changing new digital partnership
- Engagement campaign launched on Liverpool City Region Digital Strategy
- Ultrafast broadband infrastructure for Liverpool City Region by 2023
- £15m funding package for world leading research and technology organisation the Manufacturing Technology Centre set to be approved by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.
- Metro Mayor announces next steps in city region’s digital revolution
- Metro Mayor launches programme to improve the gender balance in tech sector
- Digital Spine to connect city region to ultra-fast fibre broadband
Energy
- £11.1 million boost to tackle fuel poverty and boost energy efficiency in the Liverpool City Region’s social housing
- Research reveals 82% of Liverpool City Region residents agree action is needed to tackle carbon emissions
- Nearly £45m investment for green housing in the Liverpool City Region
- £28.5m funding will ease fuel costs and lower emissions for 2,500 Liverpool City Region homes
- Liverpool City Region Company Wins £8.1m Contract to Help Combined Authority Tackle Fuel Poverty
- Metro Mayor Brings Public Sector, Environmental and Business Groups “Together For Our Planet”
- Liverpool Architecture Festival announces expert panel of judges for competition to design the Liverpool Townhouse of the future
- One-year climate plan reveals immediate action to be taken as Liverpool City Region strives to be zero-carbon by 2040
- Metro Mayor Appoints Industry Veteran to Deliver Mersey Tidal Power Project
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram cites national need for Mersey Tidal Power Project to “keep the lights on” and avoid future energy crisis
- Mersey Tidal could position Liverpool City Region as a world leader in Tidal Power
- Steve Rotheram Announces Plans for a £10 million Green Investment Fund
Environment
- Steve Rotheram reopens the Liverpool City Region’s £500,000 Community Environment Fund
- Upgraded traffic signals for Liverpool City Region to reduce emissions and save money
- Merseytravel bus team go green with ECO Driver Training and electric vehicles
- Landmark report reveals the scale and pace of change needed to make Liverpool City Region zero-carbon by 2040 or sooner
- £500,000 fund that brought wildflowers, bees, food planting and climate awareness to communities across Liverpool City Region to return
- Metro Mayor and local leaders call for “discharge-free” Mersey by 2030
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram joins litter pick to endorse Plastic Free Mersey project
- Mayor Steve Rotheram says COP26 legacy must give hope to future generations
- St Helens’ ground-breaking Glass Futures takes the stage at COP26
- High-tech pollution sensors to help cut congestion and reduce emissions on Liverpool City Region roads
- Steve Rotheram meets young environmentalists from across the Liverpool City Region
- Liverpool City Region Townhouse of the Future Competition Winners Announced
- Woodside regeneration takes another step forward with new landing stage and U-boat plans
- One year anniversary of Liverpool e-scooter scheme marked as trial extends until March 2022
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram welcomes government decision to back revolutionary green network in the region
- Hive of activity for Metro Mayor’s visit to beekeeping project.
- Children’s beekeeping project creates buzz in L8
- Schools and parents across Liverpool City Region can breathe easy with free air-quality education funded by Metro Mayor’s Community Environment Fund
- Supplier chosen for Liverpool City Region hydrogen bus fleet
- Liverpool City Region is asking people to help shape plans to be net zero carbon by 2040
- Community Environment project is blooming great!
- Liverpool E-scooter trial: new measures introduced to improve safety
- Combined Authority Investing £45m to Deliver 4000 New Brownfield Homes
- Two short journeys a week by bike or on foot could slash carbon emissions in Liverpool City Region by 130,000 tons a year
- “We need a revolution in the way we live our lives and get about” – Metro Mayor launches major new campaign to ditch the car for short journeys
- £11m Boost for Green Energy Projects Across the Liverpool City Region
- Baaack to school – the lambs that are teaching people about green issues.
- Liverpool City Region Leads on North West Green Home Grant Local Authority Programme
- Runcorn to Daresbury Cycle Route: Views Sought from Residents and Road Users
- 58 Projects to Benefit from the £500,000 Liverpool City Region Community Environment Fund
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram publishes new Air Quality Action Plan as pollution hits pre-pandemic levels
- £8m funding secured for safer walking and cycling in the Liverpool City Region
- Don’t miss the chance to have your say on the future of the Liverpool City Region
- Response from Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, to the Prime Minister’s 10-point plan for carbon reduction
- Steve Rotheram Launches £500,000 Community Environment Fund
- New e-scooter trial launched in Liverpool
- Cycle safety training for thousands of young people as lockdown eases
- Most people expect to continue walking and cycling to get around following lockdown, new research reveals
- Metro Mayor and Active Travel Commissioner push forward with walking and cycling plans for socially-distanced travel
- New report shows support in Liverpool City Region to improve cycling on roads and reduce cars
- First Liverpool City Region Environment Summit Celebrates Community Action in Year of the Environment
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Publishes Clean Air Proposals
- Simon O’Brien named as Liverpool City Region cycling and walking commissioner
- Combined Authority Sets Ambitious Targets to Tackle Climate Emergency
- Climate emergency declared for Liverpool City Region
- Steve Rotheram’s open letter to environmental campaigners
- Liverpool City Region residents back new walking and cycling network plans
- Liverpool City Region Launches £6.4m Hydrogen Bus Project
- Bus travel and satisfaction levels are up across the Liverpool City Region
- Metro Mayor leads calls for action to improve air quality
- Next stage of bus and cycling network is given the go-ahead
- Liverpool City Region launches the Year of the Environment
- Work to start on 600km walking and cycling network
- The Liverpool City Region trials charge-on-the-go electric bus
- Combined Authority establishes an air quality task force
- The Liverpool City Region sets sights on becoming zero-carbon by 2040
Equality and Diversity
- Liverpool City Region makes landmark move to protect people from discrimination on grounds of social class
Featured
- Kingsway Tunnel architect – now 90 – talks about the ‘wonderful effort’ in its construction
- The building of Kingsway Tunnel in pictures
General News
- Liverpool’s Mersey Ferries terminal officially renamed in honour of Merseybeat legend Gerry Marsden MBE
- Public views sought on new local transport plan for Liverpool City Region
- Steve Rotheram Launches £2.24m High Growth Innovation Fund
- Mayor Steve Rotheram launches mental health summit to tackle long-term effects of pandemic and cost of living crisis
- Passengers thanked as Liverpool City Region public transport network boasts very strong recovery
- Mayor announces Liverpool Baltic as name for new Baltic Triangle station following public vote
- Merseytravel issues important travel advice ahead of Grand National
- Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, responds to City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement funding confirmation
- Up to £4.5m in training grants for Liverpool City Region employers as expansion of Mayor’s skills service goes live
- Work begins on construction of new station at Headbolt Lane in Kirkby
- New Liverpool City Region Innovation Board Members Appointed
- Safer streets for women in Liverpool
- Liverpool City Region highways earmarked for major investment
- £15m boost for brownfield development in the Liverpool City Region
- Combined Authority to Consider Next Stages Towards Bus Reform in the Liverpool City Region
- Further £1.9m support secured for Omicron-affected small businesses in the Liverpool City Region
- Public urged to vote on name for new station in Liverpool as new artists’ impressions are revealed!
- Bus passengers set for greener, faster, safer, more reliable journeys
- Combined Authority shares proposed Mersey Tunnel tolls update for 2022/2023
- Liverpool City Region Leaders Call On Chancellor to Support Businesses Hit by Omicron Variant
- 7,462 lights, 120 maintenance staff and a unique wall washing machine – behind the scenes at the Mersey Tunnels
- Travel information and advice for the Liverpool City Region announced for the festive season
- Green light given for new station at Headbolt Lane in Kirkby
- Metro Mayor seeks new members for Liverpool City Region Innovation Board
- Liverpool City Region model train carriage to help teach rail engineers of the future
- New Executive Director appointments at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
- Liverpool City Region supports gender-based violence and abuse campaign ‘Orange The World’
- Merseytravel, city council, police and bus companies join forces to keep city moving this Christmas
- Steve Rotheram announces potential £2.3m funding to bring forward proposed Marine Lake Events Centre in Southport
- Young researchers showcase findings on racism and discrimination in the work place
- Nearly 3,000 new homes to be built on 14 ‘brownfield’ sites in Liverpool City Region as part of £36m plan to tackle housing crisis
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram’s response to the national Integrated Rail Plan
- Metro Mayor statement on terrorist incident
- Festive cheer for rail users as Boxing Day services are back and better
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Wins £2.8 million from UK Community Renewal Fund
- New plan reveals 10 ways bus services could be transformed across the Liverpool City Region
- More than 100 children reveal climate fears in video every adult should watch
- New “T-FLOW” pre-payment system using video technology to be launched at Mersey Tunnels
- New linkspan bridges installed as part of major refurbishment project at Seacombe Ferry Terminal
- Metrosmart ticket sales hit million-pound milestone
- People’s vote for townhouse of the future as Liverpool Architecture Festival opens
- Metro Mayor unveils £480,000 grants fund for community and voluntary organisations using returns on successful investments
- First new train for city region proves a big hit at public events
- Deputy Metro Mayor Cllr Janette Williamson honours Jurgen Klopp as he receives inaugural German-British Freundship Award
- City region bus services set for shake up
- Metro Mayor reveals tribute for Merseybeat legend Gerry Marsden
- Metro Mayor announces landmark achievement with handover of the first new train to the Liverpool City Region
- Topping out celebration for new Hythe business hub
- Metro Mayor and Stirling Prize-winning Design Champion support inaugural Liverpool Architecture Festival
- Steve Rotheram announces £1.5 million boost for tourism
- Ending rough sleeping: Metro Mayors join forces to call for extension of Housing First
- £3.2 million funding for Liverpool City Region Race Equality Hub
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority set to welcome landmark commission’s vision for the revitalisation of town centres
- Metro Mayor’s vision of a Merseyrail for All takes vital step forward with successful trial of new battery-powered trains
- New trains testing steps up to the next level
- Joint statement from the Combined Authority and RMT Union
- New Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Chief Executive Starts in Post
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram hails the courage of workers who built the Kingsway tunnel – 50 years after its official opening
- Liverpool City Region wins £150,000 to join up services and make best use of public buildings and land
- Liverpool City Region Leaders Call on Government for Vaccine Surge
- Mersey Tunnels electronic payment system set for upgrade to video technology
- £313m Local Growth Fund Fully Invested to Deliver Jobs and Investment for the LCR Economy
- Bid to double the number of hydrogen buses coming to Liverpool City Region
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram today received his second Covid-19 vaccination – and urged others to do the same.
- Marking the Anniversary of George Floyd’s Murder
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram Announces Top Team Including First Deputy Metro Mayor
- First look at new Headbolt Lane station CGI flythrough revealed
- “Enjoy Monday’s new freedoms with care and respect”
- Statement regarding Mersey Ferries
- Singing, dancing and exercise sessions to feature in Liverpool City Region Dementia Action Week
- Mersey Ferry River Explorer Cruises due to set sail once again
- £5m LCR Care Providers Fund Launched
- New Assistant Director for Rail for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority announced
- The Good Business Festival announces the first in-person business gathering
- Mark Farmer to Chair Liverpool City Region’s Modern Methods of Construction Programme
- The three big reasons to ditch the car in favour of walking and cycling for short journeys
- New station building and car park extension for Lea Green rail station confirmed
- New lifts set to improve access for rail passengers in the city region
- New Chief Executive Appointed to Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
- Public transport users benefit as more tickets made available to buy online
- Innovative project to bring new hydrogen buses and refuelling facilities to Liverpool City Region set to begin
- Metro Mayor responds to publication of the National Bus Strategy
- Metro Mayor Sets Out Declaration of Intent on Race Equality
- Innovative projects put Liverpool City Region in the running for TWO national planning awards
- Metro Mayor’s Message of Hope for City Region’s Economic Recovery
- New affordable homes in Birkenhead are a step closer thanks to funding boost
- Major funding boost for Headbolt Lane station scheme in Kirkby
- Liverpool City Region backs Right to Food campaign
- Everton and Liverpool FC Stars Come Together Ahead of Derby with Stay Covid Safe Message
- £3.4m funding boost for life-changing Households into Work programme
- Steve Rotheram Launches the Liverpool City Region’s First Fair Employment Charter
- Liverpool City Region Hits Half a Million Rapid Tests
- Metro Mayor Champions Mental Health in the Workplace
- Bus users reminded of changes coming to some city centre routes
- Those Working Through Lockdown Urged to Get Tested
- Steve Rotheram calls for publication of detailed vaccination data
- Plea for lockdown to be obeyed as Covid cases spiral
- Metro Mayor Proposes Freeze on Mayoral Council Tax Precept, Mersey Tunnel Tolls and Transport Levy
- Joint statement from the Mayors of Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester on BTEC exams
- Metro Mayor Statement on National Lockdown
- Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region – statement on Liverpool City Region being placed in to Tier 3
- Combined Authority announces £2.8m further funding for Kirkby to create 200 jobs
- Clock’s ticking to sign up for free Digital Skills for the Workplace training
- Covid-19 ‘SMART’ Testing Helps Liverpool City Region Stay in Tier 2
- Station Commission begins journey towards a world class rail station for the Liverpool City Region
- Metro Mayor issues key advice for those travelling during the festive season
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram Announces £214,000 Funding for Racial Equality Projects
- Innovative partnership provides route out of digital exclusion and into work
- Tier 2 – joint statement from Metro Mayor, City Mayor and Leaders of the six Liverpool City Region Local Authorities
- Public praised for being on board with face coverings on city region’s public transport
- Steve Rotheram wants your views on the future of jobs, housing and transport across the region
- Seacombe ferry terminal to temporarily close for major refurbishment programme
- Real Living Wage increases to £9.50 in North West
- Boost for Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle area as a further £1.5m invested by Combined Authority in new railway station scheme
- Combined Authority’s million pound boost to tackle digital poverty for adult learners
- Housing First programme in Liverpool City Region scales up for next phase
- Metro Mayor and BAME Community Leaders launch Race Equality Programme for Liverpool City Region
- Statement on reopening of gyms in Liverpool City Region
- Liverpool City Region leaders demand ‘immediate review’ of gym and leisure centre closures
- Joint statement from Metro Mayor, City Mayor and Leaders of the six Liverpool City Region Local Authorities
- Liverpool City Region confirmed to be placed on highest Tier 3 Covid alert level
- Northern leaders write open letter to Government calling for lockdown financial support
- Liverpool City Region to Pioneer Modern Methods of Construction to boost Economic Recovery
- Metro Mayor responds to reports that Government could introduce further restrictions for the North
- Response to new Covid-19 restrictions: joint statement from the Metro Mayor, City Mayor, Council Leaders and MPs of the Liverpool City Region
- LCR Cares passes £2 million mark
- Liverpool City Region to introduce free Digital Skills for the Workplace training
- Statement on increased COVID restrictions
- Liverpool City Region and Cheshire Leaders Call for Urgent Deployment of Testing Capacity
- Statement from Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, on Merseyside watch list status
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority wins prestigious national planning award for innovative consultation
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority joins call for a Community Wealth Fund
- Biggest names in business and society back the Good Business Festival
- Combined Authority Chief Executive Announces 2021 Retirement Plan
- Steve Rotheram Launches England’s First Land Commission Focused on Community Wealth Building
- Metro Mayor calls for parents and children to plan their journeys as they prepare to head back to school
- £500k Combined Authority grant enables restoration plans for North Liverpool Community Organisation.
- Metro Mayor Announces New Network for LCR Residents Aged 55 and Over
- Mayors of Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester and the TUC launch ‘Time Out to Help Out’ – a new national campaign to pay workers fairly if they are requested to self-isolate
- Work to begin on six new pop-up cycling and walking routes for Liverpool City Region
- Kirkby Headbolt Lane station scheme moves a step closer with £3.3m funding secured and CGI images are unveiled
- Metro Mayor urges Liverpool City Region residents to have their say on plans for economic recovery
- Coronavirus NHS free travel scheme to end from Monday 13th July
- LCR Cares passes £1.5 million mark
- Statement from Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram on last night’s city centre disorder
- Households into Work team set to resume face-to-face support.
- Could you be part of Liverpool City Region’s Fairness and Social Justice Advisory Board?
- Revenue losses for local transport risk economic recovery Metro Mayor warns
- Metro Mayor and Government Ministers meet to discuss regional recovery following the pandemic
- Young people invited to join the Metro Mayor’s Youth Advisory Group to tackle Coronavirus impact
- More Mersey Ferry services added as people Rethink Travel
- LCR Cares distributes more than £1 million in less than two months
- The Case for the Liverpool City Region: The impact of Covid-19 is greater in the Liverpool City Region than anywhere else
- Mersey Ferries to re-start commuter services and temporary suspension of Mersey Tunnel tolls to end from Thursday 14 May.
- Joint statement on Domestic Abuse from Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, Chief Constable of Merseyside Police and Merseyside’s Police and Crime Commissioner
- LCR Cares Hits £1 million Target
- LCR Cares COVID-19 Fund passes £700k with dozens of community groups awarded funding
- Metro Mayor Launches Appeal to Liverpool Fans to Support LCR Cares
- LCR Cares: New donations see fund pass £500k mark as next wave of funding reaches community groups
- LCR Cares grants now total more than £160,000
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram appeals for people to stay home and help beat the coronavirus this Easter
- Jamie Carragher Supports LCR Cares
- Metro Mayor Announces Free Travel for NHS Staff on Liverpool City Region Buses and Merseyrail
- LCR Cares fund closing in fast on the half million pound mark
- Metro Mayor welcomes move to make travel easier for those carrying out essential journeys
- Metro Mayor issues important advice for key workers using public transport
- Metro Mayor Kick-starts LCRCares fund to support Coronavirus “Community Heroes”
- LCR Combined Authority Meeting: 20 March 2020 Update
- Metro Mayor announces revised timetables to maintain essential transport services during the COVID-19 crisis
- Combined Authority Approves £3.1m Boost for Crosby Lakeside
- Coronavirus updates
- Metro Mayor Launches Town Centres Commission
- Architects unveil their ideas in the Liverpool City Region Forgotten Spaces Competition.
- Bus franchising has emerged as the “leading option” as Liverpool City Region aims for London-style transport system
- Metro Mayor launches next step in creating Liverpool City Region’s first Fair Employment Charter.
- Joint statement in support of the Chinese community in response to the coronavirus outbreak in China.
- Statement regarding the 61 bus service
- Metro Mayor’s fast and flexible fund now ready to unlock growth
- Joint statement from Steve Rotheram, Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, and Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester.
- Metro Mayor welcomes first new train to the Liverpool City Region
- Metro Mayor: “I’ll step in to save Halton Transport buses serving schools”
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Approves £2m for Moss Nook Housing Scheme
- New report calls for government action on Universal Credit
- Housing First celebrate clients’ ‘firsts’
- Metro Mayor’s fast and flexible fund now ready to unlock growth
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram Announces £16.1 million for Skills across the Liverpool City Region
- Metro Mayor launches group to tackle poverty and improve life chances
- Local residents asked to share their views on the future of the city region
- Housing First Course Welcomes Delegates From Around The World
- Metro Mayor recognises local workers and regional firms on completion of new rail depot
- Metro Mayor Calls for £200m To Clean Up Brownfield Sites for Housing
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram launches Good Business Festival
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram Announces Potential £5 million Support for Social Economy
- New ‘MetroCard’ travel scheme to replace Walrus card
- METRO MAYOR LAUNCHES CONSULTATION TO SHAPE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIVERPOOL CITY REGION
- Contactless convenience a hit for Liverpool City Region bus users
- First new train for the Merseyrail network heads for test track testing
- Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Calls for Northern Rail to be Stripped of its Franchise
- Constellations to come to earth and light up Liverpool City Region
- Have your say!
- £172.5m Plans Approved for Green Transport to Boost Liverpool City Region Economy
- New approach for International Business Festival approved
- New trains for the Merseyrail network begin to take shape
- Liverpool City Region Commits to Working Towards Eradicating Child Poverty
- A green light on HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail is ‘critical to the long term success of the UK and all its parts’, says new campaign backed by business and political leaders
- £172m for Green Transport to Boost Liverpool City Region Economy
- New Mersey Ferry funding decision to be taken by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
- New approach for International Business Festival
- LCR Listens – More Than 500 People Have Their Say on Future of Liverpool City Region
- Service users talk about the benefits of Households into Work
- 8,000 children benefit from cycle training from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
- Metro Mayor responds to RMT strike announcement for Merseyrail network
- £3m Investment in Grade A Office Space Could Create More than 100 New Jobs for Birkenhead
- Households into Work Supports More Than 800 Households In First Year
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Set to Approve £6.6m for Eureka! Mersey
- Beneficiaries of Liverpool City Region’s £6 million Town Centre Fund Announced
- Liverpool City Region bus reform on Combined Authority Agenda
- Households into Work client honoured with Determined Learner Award
- £2m boost for Halton Business from LCR Combined Authority’s Strategic Investment Fund
- Housing First Staff Start Delivery in Liverpool City Region
- Contactless payments to go live on all Liverpool City Region buses by 31 July
- Combined Authority Publishes New Transport Plan
- Kingsway tunnel receives Liverpool City Region key route investment
- House of the Future Competition
- Liverpool City Region Publishes Adult Education Budget Allocation
- Liverpool City Region finally on the HS2 map
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority launches £18 million Skills Capital Fund
- Mayors call for Northern franchise to be terminated
- Search for Private Sector Representatives
- Steve Rotheram condemns child poverty following new report
- Free adult education courses for low income learners
- Liverpool City Region Pioneers Social Value Evaluation in Planning
- Steve Rotheram backs Domestic Abuse Workplace scheme
- Funding announced for new lifts at five Liverpool City Region rail stations
- New home for Royal Daffodil
- Roll-out of new 24-7 £1 Mersey Tunnel toll begins
- Traffic light technology improving journeys for Liverpool City Region bus users.
- Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram Consults on Fair Employment Charter
- Business and rail leaders mark five years of rail advancement
- Metro Mayor hails improved facilities as Newton-le-Willows Interchange scheme officially opens
- Combined Authority responds to job losses at Jaguar Land Rover
- Steve Rotheram announces tender for new Mersey Ferry
- State-of-the-art trains are coming to the Liverpool City Region
- Statement regarding industrial action at Cammell Laird
- Steve Rotheram and Bus Alliance provide free bus tickets to foodbanks
- Combined Authority approves £24m funding for Parkside Link Road
- Steve Rotheram names award-winning architect as design champion
- Steve Rotheram urges employers to pay the Real Living Wage
- Huge public response to Metro Mayor’s big bus debate
- Steve Rotheram launches big bus debate for the city region
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority formally adopts official definition of antisemitism
- Steve Rotheram Announces “One Front Door” for the Liverpool City Region
- New report finds over 500,000 home owners in the North West are living in poor quality housing
- Young Liverpool City Region boxers fly to Louisville as part of Cultural Exchange
- Steve Rotheram and Luciana Berger back the Zero Suicide Alliance
- Joint statement from the Combined Authority, Merseyrail and the RMT
- Metro Mayor says 18,000 more construction workers are needed
- Northern Mayors demand fare freeze on Northern and TransPennine Express
- Steve Rotheram welcomes £4m Inspiring Science Fund investment in the city region
- £6m Combined Authority funding could create more than 500 jobs
- Steve Rotheram Urges Developers to Take Up Free Design Reviews
- Joint statement from Steve Rotheram and the RMT union
- Steve Rotheram launches campaign to close the UK skills gap
- Metro Mayor announces bus discount scheme for apprentices, saving £420 a year
- National Infrastructure Assessment “endorses Liverpool City Region priorities” — says Steve Rotheram
- Steve Rotheram responds to plans to leave train schedules unchanged
- Metro Mayor secures £50,000 compensation for Southport for rail disruption
- Combined Authority comes together in Armed Forces Week to support the armed forces community
- Steve Rotheram sets out transport red lines
- Steve Rotheram praises Bus Alliance ahead of Clean Air Day 2018
- Metro Mayors call for the RMT to postpone planned industrial action on intercity rail services
- City Region Leaders Join Calls For Government Action to Improve Air Quality
- Steve Rotheram announces latest stage in plans for new Mersey Ferry
- Regional mayors’ skills summit calls for further devolution
- Bus driver training drives up satisfaction levels
- Liverpool City Region welcomes Wales and Borders rail franchise announcement
- Steve Rotheram calls for answers about Northern Rail fiasco
- Combined Authority sharpens focus on inclusive growth, air quality, and further devolution
- Funding boost for Shakespeare North Playhouse and Prescot town centre
- Steve Rotheram presses Transport Secretary for support over bank holiday weekend
- Joint statement from Metro Mayors on Northern rail disruption
- Steve Rotheram warns of dangers of not addressing causes of Brexit
- Liverpool City Region and Greater Manchester Metro Mayors back devolution for Cheshire
- Liverpool City Region to receive £7m to help tackle homelessness
- Liverpool City Region Apprenticeship Awards 2018 Announced
- Liverpool City Region Skills Show 2018
- St Helens named as the first Borough of Culture in the Liverpool City Region
- Steve Rotheram urges rural businesses to apply for funding
- Liverpool City Region approves new Skills Strategy to drive inclusive growth
- Liverpool City Region introduces 1% for culture programme to support cultural activities
- Combined Authority adopts Culture and Creativity Strategy
- Liverpool City Region approves £25m funding to boost key route network
- Liverpool City Region leaders release new mission statement in fight against violence against women and girls
- Steve Rotheram meets the apprentices helping to keep Merseyrail trains on track
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Launches Plan to Increase Apprenticeships
- Steve Rotheram and UK Music launch Wish You Were Here report
- Liverpool City Region to host summit to improve mental health awareness
- Steve Rotheram and Andy Burnham call first Convention of the North
- Steve Rotheram launches £4.5m initiative to help households into work
- Steve Rotheram challenges house builders
- Influential report says Liverpool is top UK investment destination in the North West
- Steve Rotheram joins fellow regional mayors to call on government for further investment and devolution for their city regions.
- £3m boost for clean buses in the Liverpool City Region
- Metro Mayor pledges to make City Region the UK’s third most visited destination
- Steve Rotheram urges communities to help shape a shared cultural future
- Steve Rotheram calls on government to engage with the Liverpool City Region on education and skills devolution
- Steve Rotheram calls on government to provide impact statement on the effect of Brexit on the Liverpool City Region
- Note of the appointment of an external auditor
- Steve Rotheram says “no justification” for fracking plans in the Liverpool City Region
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority publishes budget proposals
- First Meeting of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Fairness and Social Justice Advisory Board
- Steve Rotheram calls on government to do more to make National Apprenticeship Levy work
- Steve Rotheram announces proposal for new Mersey Ferry
- Steve Rotheram meets Sajid Javid to discuss tackling homelessness
- Steve Rotheram announces plans for £1 off-peak fast tag for Mersey Tunnels
- Steve Rotheram pledges “no precept” for the Liverpool City Region this year.
- Shadow Chancellor backs plans for Mersey tidal project
- Steve Rotheram speaks at the launch of Transport for the North’s Strategic Transport Plan
- Digital Infrastructure Plan Announced for Liverpool City Region
- Steve Rotheram calls for urgent government response to Carillion crisis
- Steve Rotheram calls for government backing for the Mersey tidal energy scheme
- Steve Rotheram urges RMT union to enter talks to settle dispute
- Steve Rotheram holds the second Metro Mayor’s Question Time in Wirral
- Steve Rotheram calls for greater devolved powers to address failing schools crisis
- Liverpool City Region awards £12M funding for Paddington Village development
- How you can help to build the Liverpool City Region Skills Strategy
- Steve Rotheram tells Universities UK that hard-wired bias to South East will frustrate Industrial Strategy
- Steve Rotheram says Liverpool City Region could be an industrial powerhouse for UK, but devolution is the key
- Steve Rotheram offers his reaction to today’s budget announcements
- Liverpool City Region hosts the German British Forum conference: Digitalisation and The Future of Work
- Steve Rotheram shares vision for future and makes 10 big pledges
- Steve Rotheram holds the first Metro Mayor’s Question Time in St Helens
- Steve Rotheram demands the government end cover-up culture
- Steve Rotheram continues call for greater powers to avert Universal Credit misery
- Steve Rotheram joins fellow regional mayors in calls for more devolved powers
- Liverpool City Region can become magnet for global tech companies, Steve Rotheram tells Digital Summit
- First Virtual Reality Question Time to be hosted at the Metro Mayor’s Digital Summit
- Steve Rotheram calls for an urgent re-think on heartless and regressive Universal Credit
- Steve Rotheram to offer David Davis “a northern perspective” on Brexit today
- Join the Metro Mayor’s drive for fairness and social justice across Liverpool City Region
- Steve Rotheram says rail announcement is a “modest down payment on what’s really needed”
- Steve Rotheram joins fellow leaders in plans to give the North a stronger voice
- Transport for the North endorses Liverpool City Region’s case for High Speed connectivity
- Steve Rotheram visits Cammell Laird to see progress on the RRS Sir David Attenborough
- Steve Rotheram signs the Armed Forces Covenant
- Steve Rotheram visits the University of Liverpool for a tour of two flagship projects
- Steve Rotheram appoints Lynn Collins to chair the Fairness and Social Justice Advisory Board
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority awards £8.9 million to improve skills facilities
- Liverpool City Region is open for business during major upgrade to Lime Street station
- Steve Rotheram invites Prime Minister to make personal visit to New Ferry
- Steve Rotheram tells business leaders “Halton is key to Liverpool City Region’s economic future”
- Steve Rotheram says Skills Commission key to successful and dynamic economy
- Liverpool City Region secures £3.5m for innovative employment programme
- Work gets underway on ‘Halton Curve’ to boost rail links across Liverpool City Region, Cheshire and North Wales
- New road safety strategy for the Liverpool City Region given the green light
- Metro Mayor and Combined Authority unveil 100 day plan
- Liverpool City Region Combined Authority website launched today.
- Liverpool City Region pledges £20,000 for New Ferry disaster relief fund
- Crossfield Construction win contract to build UK’s first £2.5m Digital Academy at the City of Liverpool College
- Steve Rotheram invites Lord O’Neill to review City Region’s Economic Strategy
- Steve Rotheram issues statement on fire safety following Grenfell Tower disaster
- Steve Rotheram tells property sector that the City Region must raise its ambition to compete and prosper
- Liverpool City Region marks National Clean Air Day with electric charge points pledge
- Steve Rotheram offers support for third runway at Heathrow
- Steve Rotheram calls on businesses to help shape future skills agenda
- Steve Rotheram commits to Mersey Barrage
- Steve Rotheram reveals new team and new purpose for Combined Authority
- Metro Mayors call for party leaders to support for transformational rail investment
- Liverpool City Region bus users benefit from an improved ticket offer
- 43 projects shortlisted for SIF funding
- £72m cash boost for the Liverpool City Region to help create local jobs and growth
- UK’s first digital academy to open in the Liverpool City Region
- Liverpool City Region establishes Health and Life Sciences Board
- The Liverpool City Region publish Area Based Review
- Liverpool City Region leaders give green light to new Merseyrail trains by 2020
- Liverpool City Region calls on government to push through the Buses Bill
- Devolution deal brings multi-million pound boost to Liverpool City Region
- Green light for travel plans in the Liverpool City Region
Halton
- New company to deliver growth for the Liverpool City Region
- Combined Authority Publishes Armed Forces Covenant Review
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- Steve Rotheram launches Fair Employment Charter
- One year anniversary of the Fairness and Social Justice Advisory Board
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- The unique research centre putting Liverpool City Region at the heart of Net Zero plans to decarbonise industry
- Opportunity for businesses to support The World Reimagined – the largest art education programme for racial justice the UK has ever seen
- The width of a 5p coin and made of glass: the cable that can download a movie in seconds and is worth up to £1bn to Liverpool City Region
- Revealed: Secret tunnel under the Mersey.
- ‘I know from my experience as a clinician with an innovative idea just how important early-stage support is’
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- £12m paves the way for Halsnead Garden Village development
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- Steve Rotheram hails improved rail links at Maghull North station official opening
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- £4m scheme to revive Liverpool’s “most beautiful boulevard” approved
- Liverpool high-speed rail link plans reach major milestone
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