Just had a brilliant meeting with my Aspire Liverpool hat on. The woman I met with was from Vermont and it immediately reminded me of probably one of my favourite places in the world we visited in 2023. Guilford Country Store & Cafe 🇺🇸… (1/3)

Tough spinning class at Cardinal Heenan Lifestyles this evening 🚲 A great example of a successful partnership between @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social leisure services and a local school. Definitely ready for tea now! 😥

I’m not a blue, but what is good for #Everton is great for our city. It was lovely to join the Sport Liverpool board this evening for a tour of #BramleyMoore Stadium 🏟️ 🔵 Not long to go…

A huge thank you to Cllr Barbara Murray for inviting me to help launch Liverpool’s Year of Spoken Word. It was a fantastic event at Liverpool Central Library filled with literacy and culture organisations who do great work in our city

Was really pleased to support Cllr Simic in formulating and passing this motion on creative education last night. The Coalition Government deprioritised the arts in the 2014 National Curriculum and introduction of the EBacc. We must ensure all students can access creative industries!

Really excited about this cultural project that the council and Culture Liverpool has commissioned for our area. At the end of the residency, there will be a festival in Dovecot and some permanent public art. Find out more below 👇 liverpoolexpress.co.uk/your-dreams-...

Absolutely gutted to hear The Vivienne has died. Viv encapsulated british drag, with of course their scouse comedic streak. I’ll never forget her ode to Liverpool legend Pete Burns during her first runway on @dragraceukbbc. It made me proud to be scouse! What a star! Thanks, Viv ❤️

Bon Voyage 🛳️

Come wind, rain or shine, or whatever the british weather throws at us, I’m out all year round across Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park. Nearly finished with my 2024 Christmas card delivery. Fabulous artwork from my 2024 competition winner, Penelope, from Dovecot Primary School🎄

Really helpful information for residents over the Christmas period. If you need urgent support and access to good food, our funded collaborative Feeding Liverpool has set up this dedicated page. www.feedingliverpool.org/liverpool-ch...

The tide is starting to turn after 14 years of Liverpool being cut to the bone by Lib Dem/Tory Governments. It doesn’t solve all our issues, particularly given demand led pressures and previous saving targets, but a 9.5% increase in our core spending power is most welcome! 🙏🏻

A Scouse spoken word artist has teamed up with others to produce a track based on conspiracy theorists and the confusion of modern life in the UK that’s now being played on national radio 1 Could it make an unlikely bid for Christmas number 1? www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Looking forward to Aladdin at the @liverpoolempire.bsky.social 🧞‍♂️

Being a local Councillor means you don’t know what weekends are. Delivering Christmas cards around Dovecot today 🎄 Thank you to all the children at Dovecot Primary for taking part in my 2024 Christmas card competition! 🎅🏼

Annual Christmas lunch with my office buddies and friends from Classics for All 🎄 Really lucky to share an office at Liverpool College with Alice and Joanne. Both our organisations have had great collaborations that have been fruitful for the students we support 🧑‍🎓 👩‍🎓

#DidYouKnow? Liverpool has been announced as a Creative Cluster for the UK music sector. The £6.75m programme, led by @liverpooluni.bsky.social & @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, will focus on new tech, talent & business development. @musicfuturesuk.bsky.social liverpoolexpress.co.uk/liverpool-to...

Our annual tradition of placing our holiday Christmas items on the tree… Brings back amazing memories every time. Each year, we add a few new additions from our travels 🎄 #Christmas #ChristmasTree

Ho Ho Go…! #SantaDash #Liverpool

What a great day launching our UN Accelerator City year for climate action. Lots of fantastic discussions and connections made! Liverpool has ambitious plans to show the world just how we can decarbonise the music, tv & film sector.

#News: Liverpool has made climate change history, as the world's first UN ‘Accelerator City’. UN officials bestowed the honour today, in recognition of the city's pioneering work, at the start of a special #climateaction conference. More: liverpoolexpress.co.uk/liverpool-ce... #BeTheChange

This can only be good news for Liverpool. Our Labour Government sticking to its promise to redistribute on a fair and equitable footing. Liverpool faced the deepest cuts during the Tory and of course Lib Dem coalition governments. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

We announced today our collaboration with George House Trust to support mothers living with HIV by supplying them with formula milk. I’m proud that our Labour council is enacting these progressive measures to help eradicate new HIV transmissions by 2030 👏 @thtorguk.bsky.social

A very important City Council meeting last night discussing #education in the city. Here’s a snippet of me highlighting the need for us to address poverty and multi-generational disadvantage. We need to work together to raise aspirations for our young people.

Vital every child has the best start in life. Health equity means doing the right thing for those who need support. I’m proud that we’re able to support women with HIV in feeding their newborns. All part of our commitment to end new HIV transmissions by 2030 liverpoolexpress.co.uk/a-formula-fo...

Fantastic news today as the Liverpool City Region is announced as a £6.75m UKRI Creative Cluster for the Music sector. Led by @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @ljmuofficial.bsky.social, MusicFutures will supercharge the region’s already thriving music sector news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/11/27/l...

It was great to attend the Northern Culture APPG at Westminster yesterday with our head of sporting events, Jen. A new report has been launched highlighting the importance in the North of sport and major sporting events ⚽️ 🏈 🎾 🏊‍♂️

Time for The Scouse Red Riding Hood 🎭

NEW REPORT | Spending time: the role of the visitor economy in UK cities 🧳 This new report presents a comprehensive picture of domestic visitor spending in UK cities, which accounts for three quarters of all visitor spend nationally. Read the report 👇 www.centreforcities.org/publication/...

I wonder what she’s dreaming of 🐈‍⬛

Progress is personal #gymboy #gymmotivation #gym

I need this #Cats

My baby 🐈 #Cat #CatMan

Every time I pop back onto X I see a reminder of why I’ve moved away from it. Like this wild conspiracy theory that aims to use the appalling deaths of three little girls in Southport in a bid to damage the Prime Minister with no credible evidence. It’s a cesspit.

Despite the wet weather, Stanley Park winter market today has been a huge success. I’ve bought my first gifts 🎁 Lots of children meeting Santa at no cost to local families. Great team work between Liverpool Markets and our local councillors around Anfield 🎅🏼 🎄

Delivering street letters and information pamphlets to help educate and increase recycling rates in Dovecot ♻️ This boy knows how to have a riveting Saturday afternoon #CouncillorLife

Fresh trim 💇‍♂️

It’s almost like austerity was an incredibly short-sighted and damaging political choice

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Labour run Liverpool City Council still invests heavily in our cultural sector through our Culture & Arts Investment Programme. 27 organisations were supported in the last year, supporting almost 4,500 jobs and adding £33m to the local economy 🎉🎭🎼🥁 @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

As I’m fairly new here, I wanted to share a major project that we published earlier this year It’s a months-long deep dive into the devastating impact of 14-years of Conservative austerity policies on a city and its people This is Austerity City

Only feels right that my first post on @bsky.app should be about my cats 🐈 🐈‍⬛