On a very practical level, a bus station that prevents the development of seven acres of prime city centre land is neither sensible nor desirable. When that bus station is as ugly and grey as the Preston facility, then it beggars belief that local people are actually campaigning to have the bloody t... [More]

A letter from Government Minister Sadiq Khan that was released earlier this week seemed to suggest that the potential for the building of a tram system across the Liverpool City Region was, in the foreseeable future, dead in the water. The Ministers correspondence indicated that the absence of the ... [More]

Those of you who regularly follow this blog will know that I loathe the BNP and all it stands for. Therefore, I have mixed views on the BBC’s decision to provide its Leader, Nick Griffin, with a prime time television platform to articulate the cocktail of racism, misinformation and downright l... [More]

The announcement that Grosvenor Developments have abandoned the city centre regeneration scheme, the Tithebarn project, may come to be seen as a blessing in the longer term. Grosvenor’s decision comes following objections from neighbouring local authorities that has led to the planning applica... [More]

Phil Woolas, the Government Minister for the North West Region, was in good form at the Breakfast event hosted by DLIB last week, at the superb new offices of one of our corporate sponsors, Grant Thornton. Among the many points he made came a suggestion that Liverpool should re-establish its own Sto... [More]