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Liverpool Council veteran Richard Kemp's biggest moment has arrived Liberal Democrat leader is hoping to take advantage of Labour's many problems in the race to be Mayor of Liverpool Richard Kemp 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. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use yo...

Liverpool local elections 2021: everything you need to know about our most dramatic elections in a decade It will be a 'Super Thursday' of elections in the city and across the region - and a lot could change Liverpool's elections on May 6 could be the most dramatic in a decade 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. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related ne...

Focus on big questions Tory commissioners should concentrate minds, writes Derek James of Labour Party Marxists The announcement that Robert Jenrick, the housing, communities and local government secretary, was appointing commissioners to oversee some of the functions of Liverpool city council had been expected since the arrest of directly elected city mayor Joe Anderson in December. 1 Although no-one has actually been charged, Jenrick’s statement has only added to the sense of crisis in the city and further fuelled the as yet unsubstantiated allegations of corruption, bribery and witness i...

Liverpool Labour council candidate quits party and backs Independent for Mayor Former Liberal Democrat cabinet member also throws support behind charity boss Stephen Yip Jean Hannah of Croxteth Gems 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. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPrivacy Noticeexplains more about how we use...

The party has consistently refused to reveal why she was removed from the shortlist, along with two of Anderson’s former deputies, Ann O’Byrne, and current acting mayor, Wendy Simon. Rothery is black, and various senior politicians on the left of the Labour party suggested racism had played a role in her deselection, with the former shadow home secretary Diane Abbott tweeting: “Faced with the possibility of a black female socialist winning, party bureaucrats have scrapped the selection process & barred her from standing. An appalling abuse of party democracy.” But Rothery’s legal cl...