No evidence of ‘levelling up’ in Liverpool, says local MP

Senior officials at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities attended an evidence session on Monday.

Addressing the witnesses, Labour MP for Liverpool West Derby Ian Byrne argued that there is no evidence of “levelling up and resilience” in Liverpool.

He said: “So when we talk about levelling up and when we talk about resilience. I noticed one of the department’s overall objectives is a sustainable and resilient local government sector that delivers priority services and the empowers communities. Well, that couldn’t be further from the truth on what’s happening in Liverpool”.