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Liverpools mayor results are in after race goes to second round of voting - and the new boss has made history The results were close to decide the citys new leader Updated Labours Joanne Anderson speaks after she was declared the Mayor of Liverpool at the Wavertree Tennis Centre, Liverpool (Image: PA) Sign up to FREE email alerts from the Northern AgendaInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these...

Local elections 2021: Mayoral candidates release surprise joint statement ahead of Liverpool vote Three candidates vying for votes in tomorrows crucial election are calling for a radical change Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Liverpool and Merseyside will be going to the polls in a vital election - get the inside track with our politics newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide...

As a city, Liverpool has had quite the year. From becoming the epicentre of the devastating second wave of Covid-19, to holding the first city-wide mass testing operation for the virus, it has been a turbulent time. Politically there have been plenty of headlines too, with an arrested mayor and council officers and an inspection report that has led to government commissioners being sent to oversee dysfunctional departments of the city council. This week promises to be another that will live ...

Five big factors that could decide who Liverpools new leader is Key issues that could swing the Liverpool Mayoral vote this Thursday Updated The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now On Thursday, the people of Liverpool will go to the polls to elect a new mayor to lead the city. Whoever is announced as the winner of the vote at Fridays count will be only the second city mayor Liverpool has ever had. The post was created in 2012 and has been held until now by Labours Joe Anderson. He was du...

Independent Liverpool mayor candidate Stephen Yip promises democratic revolution if elected Charity boss pledges a major council shake-up he lays out his key manifesto plans Updated Stephen Yip is running for Mayor of Liverpool as an independent candidate Sign up to the Merseyside Report, for our weekly inside track on whats happening in the corridors of powerInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send ...

Last modified on Wed 28 Apr 2021 13.18 EDT The Liverpudlian folk hero Jamie Webster has become used to lyrics from his hit song Something’s Gotta Give – “How can you tell me that this is where it’s at / When all the clowns are calling the shots?” – being quoted on social media whenever his city hits the headlines. He says his music fans – “the ordinary working man and woman” – use the song to channel their frustration at those in power. And ther...

Claims of phantom campaigns and gutter politics as Liverpools mayoral election heats up Campaign ignited as challengers for the position fire on each other Stephen Yip is running for Mayor of Liverpool as an independent candidate Liverpool and Merseyside will be going to the polls in a vital election - get the inside track with our politics newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these...

Why your second choice vote could swing Liverpools knife-edge mayoral election Voting system combined with citys political crisis could mean second preference votes are the deciding factor, writes political editor Liam Thorp Updated We are just weeks away from finding out who the new Mayor of Liverpool will be. A remarkable turn of events over the past few months means that the city is facing a knife-edge election which could easily go a number of different ways. While he denies wrongdoing, he ...

Seven candidates set to face off in Liverpool mayoral election The nomination deadline has now passed 10:46, 9 APR 2021 Updated The seven candidates in the running to become mayor of Liverpool have been finalised. The deadline for nominations in May’s elections passed yesterday afternoon, with candidate lists now published for mayoral and council elections in Liverpool. Labour, who currently hold the mayoralty, will face candidates from five other political parties as well as independent cand...

Send in the commissioners? Author: Tom Harrison Above: profiteers making millions from NHS Test and Trace contracts Despite Thatcher being Prime Minister, the BBC still managed to get away with making socially relevant dramas in the 1980s. A particularly memorable one was United Kingdom, a play by Jim Allen, which imagined a Tory government sending in Commissioners to take over a town in the north of England after its local council refused to implement spending cuts. Major civil unrest ensued, ...