Liverpool City Region
Local Authorities
Liverpool City Council (http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/)
Knowsley Borough Council (http://www.knowsley.gov.uk/)
St Helens Borough Council (http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/homepage.do)
Wirral Borough Council (http://www.wirral.gov.uk/)
Sefton Borough Council (http://www.sefton.gov.uk/)
Halton Borough Council (http://www2.halton.gov.uk/)
Main Priorities
Local economy, skills, transport, housing and environment
Targets
To accelerate economic growth and substantially close the productivity gap with the rest of the UK. This will be achieved by developing our transformational opportunities and through stronger alignment with growth sectors within the UK economy. To reduce worklessness across the City Region, providing routes for people to move into employment and progress in their jobs, with a specific focus on concentrations of deprivation in particular neighbourhoods.
Cllr Ron Round, Leader of Knowsley Council and Chair of the Liverpool City Region Cabinet said:
“The biggest and most important challenges facing the Liverpool City Region are common to all the local authority areas, so it makes absolute sense that we should share our resources and expertise to work towards a solution that is right for the whole city region.
“In these uncertain economic times, we all recognise the need to support local businesses and help local people find and retain employment. We don’t just want to ’survive’ the downturn - we want to thrive. We can achieve that by working together to get people into employment and raise the skills levels of our citizens over the coming years to meet the future needs of business in the area.”
