The long-serving leader of Liverpool's Liberal Democrat group Richard Kemp has announced he will step down from his position as head of the local party.
Cllr Kemp, who was comfortably re-elected to the council last week, has served as the leader of the group for 11 years but will not be putting his name forward to continue in the position at tomorrow's group AGM.
He was first elected to the city council in 1975 and held cabinet positions during the Liberal Democrats time in power in the 1990s and 2000s. For the past 11 years he has led the party and in recent years has been the council's main opposition leader.
