The ‘charisma bypass’: Why Liverpool’s leaders are so forgettable
After years of populist fireworks a new type of leader has emerged in the city. Polite, unassuming, passionate about ironing...
Abi Whistance
Abi is our top news reporter and does our biggest investigations. In 2024, she won Young Journalist of the Year, and this year she was shortlisted for Private Eye's Paul Foot Journalism Award.
Twitter
Liverpool
Can we revive Liverpool’s high streets?
As shop closures across the North West reach record levels, we ask how Liverpool can reinvent its derelict high streets
Rob Gutmann says he isn’t ruining Liverpool’s pub culture. In fact, he thinks he’s saving it
The elusive bar tycoon and podcast host defends his growing empire, which critics call "a monopoly"
Are companies still leaving Liverpool?
Three years on from our investigation into why businesses were departing the city, we find out whether Liverpool has changed its ways
In 2017, Steve Rotheram vowed to build a barrage across the Mersey. Where is it?
The political challenges of building the biggest tidal energy dam in the world
Exclusive: The Big Help empire has collapsed. Now, Peter Mitchell looks to Ukraine
As beleaguered staff use donated bottled water to flush toilets, the former charity boss decides it's time for a fresh start
How Liverpool’s day of triumph became a night of fear
50 people are being treated in hospital after a car ploughed into fans on Monday. But could the attack have been prevented?
Why are Liverpool’s streets so dirty?
Satisfaction in the city’s cleanliness has dropped to a new low. We dig into why we’ve got such a grimy reputation
Developers gave the council millions to improve Liverpool. Why haven't they spent it?
£17 million of compensation for local areas has accrued over the past two decades. Where is it?
Why are Merseyside’s state-of-the-art hydrogen buses stuck in a yard outside Sheffield?
The metro mayor's team insists they'll be back on the road soon – but others believe hydrogen has “fundamental issues”
Unfair dismissals and a culture of fear: There’s trouble at City of Liverpool College
A tribunal revealed how teachers were forced to resign over bogus allegations levied against them. That was only the tip of the iceberg
‘That was our language as black kids. That was our street power’
Designer and fashion aficionado Andrew Ibi on what makes Liverpool such an inspiring place for creation
The land has been flogged. The coffers are dry. And now the UK's scariest debt collector has shown up
The Eldonian Village attempts to bring itself back from the brink
Regional mayors paid £3 million to a training company. What did they get in return?
Inside the collapse of Redstone Training