Councillor Andrew Makinson

Trump spent 75 minutes on the phone with Putin. He praised him, talked about teaming up on Iran, but apparently never called on him to stop targeting innocent civilians.

What a disgraceful way to treat our allies and the brave people of Ukraine.

Rachel Reeves to announce £15bn for transport projects Money will be spent on tram, train and bus projects in England across the Midlands, North and West Country.

Manchester, Yorkshire & Birmingham getting new tram lines, Tyneside extending their Metro, and Liverpool City Region is getting… New buses!

A huge missed opportunity by Labour to build a station at Bramley Moore and get a rail link to Liverpool Airport!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Council told to pay £1,350 to homeless man He complained to the ombudsman about how he had been treated

Every time this happens, Liverpool City Council promises to learn the lessons, but they never do.

We’ve now had multiple people over the past 5 years awarded compensation after being abandoned to sleep on our streets while the council looks the other way.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Developers gave the council millions to improve Liverpool. Why haven't they spent it? £17 million of compensation for local areas has accrued over the past two decades. Where is it?

I spoke to @liverpoolpost.bsky.social about my 2 year investigation into the unspent £Millions the council is sitting on from developers.

Liverpool council has sat on money for up to 18 years, while communities are left with run down parks & playgrounds.
www.livpost.co.uk/developers-g...

The US just voted alongside Russia, Belarus and North Korea against a UN resolution to support Ukraine.

This is a wake-up call for all those cheerleading Trump in our country.

The PM is doing the right thing increasing defence spending - I have been callling on the govt to do this for years.

Cutting international aid is cutting soft power and piling up problems for the future as Putin and Xi fill the gap left by Britain.

Proud to stand alongside Ukraine this evening.

Putin’s Poodle in America may have turned his back on Ukraine, but that means Britain and the rest of Europe must stand even firmer to support them.

For three years, the brave Ukrainian people have heroically defended their country against Putin’s war machine.

Now, more than ever, we must stand firmly in support of our Ukrainian friends, resist Trump's stitch up with Putin and work with our European neighbours to defend freedom and democracy.

Brothers hit out as skip hire firm facing city permit increase Gerard and Barry Flanagan have run Barry's Skip Hire for more than 50 years delivering more than half a million containers

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Here are a few pictures I took today on a short walk through Kensington (the ward represented by the leader of the council).

Doubling skip fees might look like an easy way for the council to make money, but it’s just a tax on people who do the right thing, instead of flytipping.

While Reform and the Conservatives are obsessed with fighting each other, we will continue to be the true opposition in this parliament.

We will always work to provide a responsible and constructive challenge to the government and to put forward solutions to the big problems facing our country.

This morning I joined up with a dozen volunteers from @PennyLnWombles for a litter pick.

23 bags were filled, making a huge difference to the area around Allerton Road & Mather Avenue.

A big Thank You to all the volunteers who go out day after day helping make L18 a better place to live.

Ed Davey, "The Liberal Democrats are going to lead the debate in Britain to have a closer relationship with the EU"

"It's great for our trade, our economy, our defence, our security"

"And a customs union would be great for growth, far better than anything the Labour government has announced"

I can’t help feeling that, if this was in Manchester, Andy Burnham would’ve made sure he was part of the negotiations.

£450M of much needed investment in Liverpool and high quality jobs lost, because Labour politicians locally & nationally are asleep at the wheel.

High street 'blighted by boarded up shops' that shut down suddenly Shoppers feel they are being "kept in the dark" over the future of the high street

A year & a half after businesses were evicted by Liverpool City Council, residents are still waiting for new shops to open.

This Labour council's inaction blights a community, costs jobs & lost 18 months of rent that could've funded council services. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Why is the government happy to cosy up to China, but won't even look at a better customs deal with our closest neighbours in Europe?

Ministers say they’re looking everywhere for growth but are ignoring what is staring them in the face.

Anger and devastation over government cuts to rape crisis centre RASA Merseyside says it will need to make 'drastic changes' to its support for victims of sexual violence

Rape crisis centre RASA Merseyside says it will need to make ‘drastic’ changes to its support for victims of sexual violence due to real term cuts to its funding from central government. Read the story here:

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Colomendy holiday camp to close with immediate effect The North Wales holiday camp became a rite of passage for children on Merseyside

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

'Heartbreaking' scenes at holiday camp adored by Scousers Liverpool Councillor submits report raising concerns about authority's management of Colomendy site

Very disappointed to hear that Colomendy will now close.

For years I’ve demanded Liverpool City Council force Kingswood to carry out repairs to the facility. Looks like Liverpool council tax payers will now have to foot the bill.
Another Labour failure.

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Let’s not kid ourselves. Donald Trump is a threat to peace and prosperity around the world.

The UK will not be able to depend on the US to be a reliable partner on security, defence or the economy.

How do we deal with Donald Trump? We need to do it from a position of strength.

Given how many UK media and politico types are still on X, I think that Ed Davey has a point here.

UK should seek new customs union with EU, Lib Dems to say Leader Ed Davey to call for talks to begin immediately, urging ministers to be ‘far more positive, far more ambitious’

Labour are threatening ever deeper cuts and austerity, but there is a better alternative.

The quickest way to boost the economy and protect services is to rejoin the single market.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tory shadow minister rejected calls for mandatory child abuse reporting in 2018 Then-safeguarding minister Victoria Atkins - now a member of Kemi Badenoch's shadow cabinet - said the case for a mandatory reporting duty had "not been made."

Kemi Badenoch shadow minister rejected calls for mandatory child abuse reporting in 2018
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Schrödinger’s Mayor! Always there to take credit for Merseyrail and the new trains, while simultaneously not to blame when things go wrong.

Our Democracy Is Not for Sale It is completely unacceptable for a senior official in the incoming Trump administration to threaten to overthrow the result of our democratic elections.The ...

It is completely unacceptable for a senior official in the incoming Trump administration to threaten to overthrow the result of our democratic elections.

The place to resolve disagreements with our government is in our country, in our Parliament.

Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls

We can't let British democracy turn into a plaything for overseas billionaires with short attention spans.

At PMQs, I urged the Prime Minister to work with us to make sure power always sits with the voters, not wealthy foreign oligarchs.

Currently waiting for this guy to come round to arrest me… unless the Grammar Police pick him up first!

Royal Liverpool at 'full capacity' as some patients wait 91 hours City centre hospital activates emergency measure as it struggles to cope with soaring number of people in A&E

Rmember when Labour promised to fix the NHS?

1000’s of doctors struggling to find work while patients wait up to 91 hours in A&E.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...