A chaotic afternoon with Reform’s newest Wirral recruits
The Hodsons are ‘not political’, support utilities nationalisation and keep a few shotguns. What does their defection signal?
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As Chinese car-making booms, Liverpool spots a chance to reindustrialise
Is the city's post-industrial malaise ending? Plus: a threat to the future of the Women's Hospital
Get ready: the Aloft trials are coming
The biggest court cases in Liverpool’s political history are imminent. Here’s what to expect
Breaking: Councillor Colette Goulding has been suspended
The West Derby Muirhead councillor is heavily implicated in the Big Help scandal
Chaos at the conference
We unpick Liverpool’s Your Party conference. Plus: the fallout from our Knowsley Foodbank investigation
Gerard Woodhouse pleads guilty to harassment. “Jail him,” says his victim
We report live from Liverpool Magistrates Court. Also, Reform rumblings in Widnes and Runcorn
Burnham, Badgers and Blue Labour: A dispatch from the King’s Dock
For our exciting new politics edition format, we sent Laurence to muckrake around the riverside
Exclusive: How Wirral Council’s multi-million pound regeneration dream crashed
A Post investigation sees council insiders claim senior officials ‘put a bullet in the head’ of plans to improve the peninsula
Outside Hoylake's migrant hotel, tensions are rising
Is the affluent seaside town a new frontier in Britain's immigration debate?
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...
‘An extravagant waste of public money’: Inside the meltdown at Wirral Council
Plus: An update on our Laurence Westgaph investigation
Labour voters in Runcorn feel they’re taken for granted. Reform is welcoming them with open arms
With a by-election looking likely following MP Mike Amesbury’s guilty plea, a longtime Labour stronghold faces a serious challenge from the right
Charge Joe, or let him go
Four years on from Joe Anderson’s arrest, Jack argues it’s time for the Crown Prosecution Service to just get on with it
Meet the PR guru with the Labour Party in the palm of his hands
How Dan Hughes’ donations and schmoozing have won his clients access and power
Exclusive: Labour sources claim a senior Liverpool City Council cabinet member is planning a dramatic coup
‘Nothing stays secret in Liverpool Labour’
The fall of the Regional Director: Who is Liam Didsbury?
Just two weeks after an election triumph, a highly influential Labour figure has stepped down