Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region
banner
lcrmayor.bsky.social
Steve Rotheram, Mayor of the Liverpool City Region
@lcrmayor.bsky.social
Mayor of the Liverpool City Region. All posts are by members of my team. Follow my personal account: @metromayorsteve.bsky.social
🚉 Steve recently visited Earlestown Rail Station – the world’s oldest still serving passengers!

💷 With £20m secured from the Levelling Up Fund, it is at the heart of plans to regenerate the area.

📈 Exciting upgrades will improve accessibility and attract more passengers!
February 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🤝 Steve was delighted to visit Klöckner Pentaplast's St Helens facility last week!

♻️ With investments in sustainable packaging solutions, they are creating jobs, driving innovation, and making a real difference for our environment!
February 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🌍 The future is in safe hands!

⚡️ Last week, Steve visited St Helens College to see how investment in its Green Energy Skills Centre is powering up the workforce of tomorrow!

🙌 Equipping young people with the skills for future-proof, well-paid jobs!
February 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🎶 Sound! Music Hub is here!

🎹 Encouraging young people into music careers
🎼 Delivering High quality music education
🎸 Driving the next generation of superstars

🌍 The music hub will create new opportunities and cement our region's future on the world stage!
January 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Today marks 80 years since Auschwitz was liberated.

We remember the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, all victims of Nazi persecution, and those who suffered in genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur.

#HolocaustMemorialDay
January 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
🔝The Liverpool City Region has always been a place of innovation. Today, we build on that legacy.

🤝 When local ambition combines with national support, this is what we can achieve.

🚀 Together, we're leading the UK's AI revolution—creating opportunities and changing lives.
January 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
🚀 The Liverpool City Region is the home of the AI revolution!

🗣️Today, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has pledged 1,000 new AI jobs here in our region.

📈 We’re accelerating our journey to become a digital powerhouse—creating opportunities for local talent and driving economic growth!
January 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🚨 AND HER NAME IS.....

🤝 Today, Steve attended Cammell Laird to reveal the name of the first new Mersey Ferry in over 60 years!

⛴️ Retaining its iconic title, the Royal Daffodil will set sail in the summer of next year!

😍 A modern addition to a famous tradition.
January 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
🚨 BREAKING: In response to today's disruption on Merseyrail, Steve has commissioned an independent review to examine and address the failures that led to it.

Transport bosses from Merseyrail, Network Rail and Stadler will also be summoned to answer before the region's Transport Committee.
January 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
🚀 REGENERATION REGION!

🏙️ From Littlewoods to Marine Lake Events Center, 11 huge developments are changing the face of the Liverpool City Region in 2025 and beyond.

📈 These new and exciting projects will help rejuvenate our region, creating jobs and driving growth!
January 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🛍️ JANUARY SALES, JUST £2 AWAY! 🛍️

🚆 Enjoy unlimited weekend travel on Merseyrail during the whole of January for just £2—and only £1 for kids! 🪙

🎡 Shop, explore, and start the year right by visiting the best of the Liverpool City Region.

🛤️ Let’s get moving!
January 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
🚆 HERE, FARE AND EVERYWHERE 🚆

🪙 For the entire month of January, enjoy unlimited weekend travel on Merseyrail for just £2!
🧒 And just £1 for kids!

🎡 Start off the year right and get out to see the best the Liverpool City Region has to offer!!
December 23, 2024 at 3:56 PM
💪 BUILDING FOR SUCCESS | We are joining forces with @lpoolcouncil.bsky.social and @seftoncouncil.bsky.social to bid for one of the government's 'New Towns.'

🏗️ Spread across Bootle, Anfield, Everton and Kirkdale, the development could see more than 10,000 homes built and wide scale regeneration.
December 20, 2024 at 1:58 PM
🚨 DEVOLUTION REVOLUTION 🚨

🤝 Steve was in Leeds yesterday as the government unveiled its Devolution White Paper.

🚀 A wave of new powers for mayors and local people—pushing power back into local communities to help create jobs, opportunities and drive growth across our region!
December 17, 2024 at 10:08 AM
🗣️ Today, Steve joined celebrations at Spellow Library as it reopened its doors to the public!

📚 This special community hub connects local people with training, opportunities, council services and so much more.

👏 The beginning of a new, exciting chapter.
December 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
🗣️ Today, Steve took some time to sit down for an important interview with @channel4news.bsky.social.

🔜 Coming Soon!
December 10, 2024 at 4:20 PM
🗣️ This morning, Steve opened the Expedition One event as Liverpool was named the world's first UN Accelerator City for climate change.

👏 This prestigious title is a recognition of our work to decarbonise our economy and reach our target to become net-zero by 2035.
November 29, 2024 at 1:28 PM
🤝 Yesterday, Steve attended the International AI summit, hosted in the Liverpool City Region for the first time!

🚀 From pioneering tech to businesses uniting for a better future, it’s clear: Our region is the home of innovation.

🌎 We are now cemented as a global leader in AI for good.
November 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM
🎉 Today is the highly anticipated International AI Summit, hosted in the Liverpool City Region for the first time!

🌎 As home to world-class innovation, this summit is a chance to put our region on the map as a global leader in AI for good.
November 21, 2024 at 10:48 AM