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3 weeks ago | 
politicshome.com | Nadine Batchelor-Hunt |Steve Rotheram
We need the government’s support with the UK’s biggest clean energy opportunity
If we’re serious about reaching Net Zero, improving energy security, and creating long-term, good-quality jobs, then we need to back bold, ambitious projects that can deliver on all three.
And in the Liverpool City Region, we’re working to do just that.
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2 months ago | 
bristol247.com | Andy Burnham |Steve Rotheram
When we first took office as regional mayors of our respective city regions, we entered relatively uncharted territory. The combined authority model represented a bold experiment in English devolution; one that many viewed with scepticism. Would this new governance arrangement make any meaningful difference to people’s lives? There were some that suggested it would simply add bureaucracy without delivering results.
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Jan 19, 2025 | 
waterstones.com | Andy Burnham |Steve Rotheram
Join us as we welcome the Mayors of Greater Manchester & the Liverpool City Region Andy Burnham & Steve Rotheram who will be discussing their persuasive & forward thinking book "Head North". Britain is more unequal than ever before. If we're ever going to fix this, we must take the power out of Westminster. Looking North could change this, and the Mayors of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram are leading this fight.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
msn.com | Steve Rotheram
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
mirror.co.uk | Steve Rotheram
The events of the past fortnight, starting with the senseless attack in Southport which saw the heartbreaking loss of Alice, Bebe, and Elsie has left people reeling and struggling to come to terms with an act of such evil. But as we grapple with grief, we have drawn strength from the incredible resilience and unity shown by our community. In these dark times, we have seen the very best of our people.
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May 10, 2024 | 
tribunemag.co.uk | Andy Burnham |Steve Rotheram
Interview by Marcus Barnett In summer 2016, Andy Burnham and Steve Rotheram shook hands with each other to resign their seats in the House of Commons. In desperate need of escape from a political sphere that they found suffocating and London-centric, both MPs believed that Britain had reached a stage where Westminster and the political subculture inside of it had become an active hindrance to creating the meaningful social change that their North West constituencies desperately needed.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
labourlist.org | Steve Rotheram
Pick up any paper or turn on the news on any given day and you’re bound to be hit with a story about transport. Take your pick: the repeated broken promises on HS2, government inaction to avert rail strikes, or the Prime Minister’s predilection for helicopter rides to avoid public contact. But one mode you’re not likely to hear about too much is buses – despite the overwhelming majority of public transport users being bus passengers.
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Mar 27, 2024 | 
londonreviewbookshop.co.uk | Andrew McMillan |Anna Jones |Andy Burnham |Steve Rotheram
My highlights for early reading this year include the last novel by Gabriel García Márquez, written with and against his suffering from dementia, poet Andrew McMillan’s first novel, a moving exploration of memory and sexuality in the aftermath of industrial decline, Anna Jones’s superb recipes for vegetarians short on time but long on ambition, naturalist Roger Morgan-Grenville’s inspiring account of rewilding in the Sussex Downs and the welcome paperback publication of the legendary diaries...
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
standupforsouthport.com | Andrew Brown |Steve Rotheram
A new research centre in Sefton is among ambitious plans unveiled today designed to supercharge Liverpool City Region’s economy, creating 8,000 new jobs and saving lives across the world. The city region’s Life Sciences Investment Zone plans are detailed in a new Prospectus highlighting the area’s world leading innovation strengths and assets, while showcasing 21 projects that will create new hi-tech facilities, provide business and innovation support and train the next generation of talent.
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Feb 6, 2024 | 
standupforsouthport.com | Andrew Brown |Steve Rotheram
Liverpool City Region Mayor Steve Rotheram’s Combined Authority has given hundreds of retired desktop computers, laptops and monitors to a charity scheme for digitally excluded people. It is the first authority outside London to sign up to the National Device Bank – a recycling network run by the Good Things Foundation which has already helped more than 126 people across the city region with free equipment.
