Billy The Leak

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Billy The Leak

A leaked series of email between Mayor Anderson and Coun Richard Kemp makes for amusing reading - but there’s nothing funny about party political squabbles in these difficult times.

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Joe Anderson: The Cuts Break My Heart

Five years ago, the world came to our city to celebrate our cultural renaissance. This Friday, Liverpool plays host to an unprecedented gathering of politicians, faith leaders and community champions. They come from England’s eight core cities - Manchester, Bristol, Leeds and Newcastle among them; and they come with a single purpose. Together, our core [...]

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The Weekly Seven: 14th January 2013

Portlandia COMEDY Got Netflix? Caught Portlandia yet? Do it. Do it now. Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstien and Saturday Night Live’s Fred Armisen penned and star in this viscously accurate satire of the hipster life in Portland. No trend tic is left un-poked, from facial hair to dumpster diving, website stats to ethical bookstores. It’s funny coz [...]

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Liverpool to get huge bike hire scheme in 2013?

Today (13th December) it’s been announced Liverpool City Council are pushing forward with proposals for a cycle hire scheme within the city. From summer 2013, Liverpool would have 300 bikes available in the city centre, rising to 1,000 over the following 18 months across the entire city and outlying suburbs. Bikes would be hired via [...]

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Council Takes Aim At Liverpool’s Hillsborough Foes

A powerful council meeting shows the astonishing depth of feeling Liverpool harbours towards those responsible for smearing Hillsborough families - and the city - 23 years on.

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Liverpool’s Future: The Next 15 Years

The future starts here. Today, Joe Anderson, together with Liverpool Vision chief Max Steinberg, release the details of the city’s new Strategic Investment Framework (SIF): the big ideas set to take the city forward for the next 15 years. To cut to the chase, if the last decade-and-a-bit was all about shiny new buildings, the [...]

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Victory for buskers - council drops ‘unlawful’ street performers policy

Council drops ‘ludicrous, unreasonable and unlawful’ policy on busking in Liverpool.

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Like A Really Boring Wedding Speech

We attend a Liverpool City Council meeting - Joe Anderson’s first as Mayor - and sympathise with a public that has lost interest in politics.

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Liverpool elects Meh

Woo-hoo! Liverpool has its own elected Mayor! It’s Joe Anderson, that portly gentleman who appears in newspapers all the time shaking hands with anonymous, moneyed suits and wearing a rictus grin of the kind that says ‘I don’t like smiling, much’. Enormous things will change. When Joe is pictured shaking hands with his rictus and [...]

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