Merseyrail slumps to loss on low passenger numbers

From 24 June, Place North West will be bringing property people back together again at conferences, social gatherings and debates.

Liverpool City Council is to lead on a £2.3m Combined Authority project to expand its outdoor hospitality support programme across the city region.

An eight-week consultation has been opened as Wirral Council seeks to set out planning guidelines for "the most radical changes to Birkenhead since the 1947 Town Plan".

A proposal to bring 20 hydrogen-powered double decker buses to the city region is to advance should a business case be approved this week.

The planned new station in Kirkby has taken a step forward with the funding injection from the Liverpool City Region’s Transforming Cities Fund.

Transport for the North has urged Whitehall to back the “future-defining” project, which includes plans for a new line between Manchester and Liverpool. 

Local authorities have redoubled efforts to convince Chancellor Rishi Sunak to support projects such as a new Deeside Parkway station and the modernisation of Chester’s station in the Budget Statement on 3 March.

A formal application will be made by the combined authority to reinstate the Port of Liverpool’s freeport status despite opposition from Sefton Council on environmental and social grounds.

Local authority leaders from Cheshire West & Chester, Wirral and North Wales have asked Chancellor Rishi Sunak to help fund three schemes to boost cross-border connectivity, including the refurbishment of Chester train station.