Internationally, the Gaza conflict has sunk to new levels of depravity, The Ukraine war rages on, Poland has elected a populist president, Elon Musk has left the White House, Trump’s tariffs are back and King Charles opened the Canadian Parliament.
We also learned what you need to appear on every major BBC current affairs programme … 5 MPs.
Welcome to the latest Downtown Den Politics Podcast.
The group chair and chief executive of influential private sector lobby group Downtown in Business, Frank McKenna, has hit out at critics of the tourist levy that came into effect in Liverpool this week.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced a record £15.6 billion investment in local transport projects across England’s city regions, aiming to boost economic growth and improve daily life for working people across the North, Midlands, and South West.
One of Liverpool’s most loved café/bistros, The Watering Can, is celebrating a breakfast milestone, having served more than 100,000 Full English Breakfasts since opening in Greenbank Park back in 2019.
Frank McKenna is urging the government to review its planned fiscal and legislative changes, claiming that they will negatively impact on companies across the country and result in unintended consequences.
