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Bid to scrap Liverpool mayor position amid furore over all-female shortlist A vote could be held next week paving the way for Liverpool’s mayoral system to be abolished, amid anger over the Labour party’s decision to scrap its all-female shortlist for city mayor. Labour had drawn up an all-female shortlist of candidates made up of acting mayor Wendy Simon, former deputy mayor Ann O'Byrne and current Lord Mayor Anna Rothery. But earlier this week it emerged that the party was scrapping the shortlist and had decided to reopen the whole application process, without explaining its reasons for...

Nottingham City Council to spend £172,000 on consultants to help monitor rescue plan There have been hundreds of redundancies at the council 15:18, 2 FEB 2021 A view of the Council House and Old Market Square in Nottingham City Centre Never miss another Nottinghamshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplai...

Nottingham City Council approves Government recovery plan for next 3 years The plan was approved in an extraordinary general meeting 17:09, 26 JAN 2021 Councillor David Mellen, leader of Nottingham City Council, pictured at Loxley House. (Image: Nottingham Post) Never miss another Nottinghamshire story by signing up to our free email updatesInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. O...

Abolish the mayors We need accountability in local government and in our movement too. James Harvey looks at the corruption scandal in Liverpool The news that Liverpool’s directly elected mayor, Joe Anderson, was arrested on December 4, along with four other men, on suspicion of conspiracy to commit bribery and witness intimidation made national and international headlines. 1 The fact that former Militant supporter and property developer Derek Hatton - a prominent figure in Liverpool city council’s campaign against the Thatcher government in the 1980s - was one of the other four people ar...

Government probe into Liverpool Council underway as investigators arrive The investigation is set to conclude by the end of March 11:49, 15 JAN 2021 The government's investigation was sparked by the arrest of Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson as part of Operation Aloft. (Image: James Maloney/Liverpool Echo) Get the inside track on the political scene with Liam Thorp's weekly email, The Merseyside ReportInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in ac...