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Tag Archives: Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Council to draw up new standards for openness and transparency
I am pleased that last the Council unanimously agreed a Lib Dem amendment that will begin the process of bringing openness and transparency into our proceedings Last night Liverpool City Council agreed an amendment that I moved on behalf of … Continue reading
Let’s work together to move Liverpool from Zero to Hero
As I sat at Euston station waiting for my train home after doing some work down there, I pondered on the five telephone conversations that I had undertaken with journalists during the day. The first three were about whether or … Continue reading
Court victory gives hope to investors in failed City Centre developments
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
Concern continues over China Town Site
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
They think it’s all over – it isn’t!
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
Angry Voices don’t make Good Decisions
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
Debates – the missing element of Liverpool politics
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
Liverpool’s planning committee must be bolder
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
Councillors must be like Caesar’s wife!!
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
The State of Labour – the State of our City
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
But what does Richard Kemp think? 