Steve Rotheram’s friends in high places
As the mayor’s ‘bezzie mate’ prepares to be PM, we ask: What does it mean for Liverpool?
Politics
Brace for the Scouse PM
Keir Starmer is gone, and the near-guarantee to replace him is Aintree-born Andy Burnham
Reform has swept the city region. Could they take the city?
Plus: could one Reform councillor already be ousted?
"They'll all lose their seats, and no one will be happier than me"
Your action-packed election debrief is here
Farage is targeting Sefton council. Locals aren’t so sure
Reform wants Merseyside’s north coast. Can they seize it on 7 May?
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?
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...