Rotheram launches Liverpool City Region manifesto

Cllr Sean Anstee made merry with the Manchester Marathon over the weekend, taunting his rival Andy Burnham with jibes about his Labour opponent “forgetting to turn up” and "making time for Westminster" instead of Greater Manchester.

Forty three projects are to go on to the next stage of assessment in their bids to win funding from the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority's Single Investment Fund.

Local authorities have less than four weeks to bid for grants from an £18m fund, launched on Friday by minister Gavin Barwell who also confirmed the creation of housing zones in Blackburn, Burnley and Wirral Waters.

Former Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne will today hold the first in a series of evidence-gathering events for his Northern Powerhouse Partnership business group.

Six government ministers are expected to attend the MIPIM UK property conference next week, due to take place from Wednesday 19 October at Olympia in London.

Steve Rotheram has become the second central government politician in as many days to win Labour members’ support to stand for new metro mayor positions, defeating Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson to the nomination for the May 2017 election to head Liverpool City Region Combined Authority.

The first comments coming in from business leaders forecast short-term damage to the economy and call for a clear plan to reassure investors.

Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson has been appointed chairman of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, replacing Wirral leader Cllr Phil Davies, who had announced his intention to step down prior to the authority’s meeting on Friday.