Unlike most areas across the UK, Liverpool isn’t going to the polls this May.
As a result of the damning Caller Report last year, votes were shelved for 2022 in favour of all-out elections in 2023. A consultation is being held on the future of the Mayoral structure currently governing the city which could lead to the position being scrapped all together.
At the moment, Labour holds 65 of the 90 seats available on Liverpool Council, but will face a challenge to maintain its majority in a little more than 12 months. This week, we got a brief snapshot of the scale of the task facing the party that hopes to keep hold of the power it has held for the past 12 years.
