Tag Archives: Liverpool Echo

Court victory gives hope to investors in failed City Centre developments

Posted on February 25, 2022 by richardkemp

The news in today’s Liverpool Echo that administrators have been ordered by a court to sell a stalled site in Liverpool city centre to a consortium of investors could be very good news indeed for people whose investments in Liverpool … Continue reading →

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Concern continues over China Town Site

Posted on November 22, 2021 by richardkemp

Announced in 2015 with a great fanfare from the Tory Government and the Labour Council the China Town Development lies derelict and abandoned on a major site at the edge of Liverpool City Centre. The original company dealing with it … Continue reading →

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They think it’s all over – it isn’t!

Posted on July 16, 2021 by richardkemp

Over the past few weeks in connection with the Euro 2020 campaign I’ve heard a continued re-use of the phrase from the World Cup Final in 1966, “they think it’s all over – It is now!” The problem is that … Continue reading →

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Angry Voices don’t make Good Decisions

Posted on September 11, 2020 by richardkemp

Over the past few weeks, I have been getting a number of emails and tweets from people who feel that as the Opposition Leader in Liverpool I am not doing enough. Perhaps I’m not. People will have the opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Debates – the missing element of Liverpool politics

Posted on April 22, 2019 by richardkemp

Three things have made me think of the nature of Liverpool politics recently. The first is the discussions, which have already been mentioned by Mayor Anderson, about changes in the way we hold council meetings. The second is the failure … Continue reading →

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Liverpool’s planning committee must be bolder

Posted on April 3, 2018 by richardkemp

Some good schemes did go through the planning committee today here are just three of them One of the most frustrating things that I do as a Councillor is to serve on Liverpool’s planning committee. Too often it is constrained … Continue reading →

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Councillors must be like Caesar’s wife!!

Posted on September 20, 2017 by richardkemp

When we meet in the Council Chamber every Councillor must be absolutely sure that they are obeying the law about financial declarations The Liverpool Echo ran a story about 3 months ago that 8 councillors – 7 Labour and one … Continue reading →

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The State of Labour – the State of our City

Posted on April 17, 2017 by richardkemp

Joe Harmer and I after he was selected as our Wavertree Candidate. He and Cllr Carl Cashman our candidate for Regional Mayor are the face of the political future in Liverpool and our City Region The biggest political headline in … Continue reading →

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What chance a progressive alliance in Liverpool?

Posted on July 17, 2016 by richardkemp

This should be the home of the ‘Parliament’ for the Liverpool City Region Tomorrow night I am going to a meeting to discuss the creation of a progressive alliance. I understand that it is one of a series that are … Continue reading →

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Don’t they know there’s a local election on?

Posted on April 22, 2015 by richardkemp

Some people will have got a surprise when their postal votes arrived this week. Instead of the one ballot paper that they were expecting for the General Election they also got one for a local election. I always think is … Continue reading →

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