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Liverpool: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Liverpool City Council: Metropolitan district (unitary), England, North West; part of the LCR combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E08000012.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Liverpool for 2026–27: £2,254.37 of a £2,673.59 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

Corinthian Community Primary School (primary) — proposed to open; reason recorded: new provision; proposed date 1 December 2026
Corinthian Community Primary School (primary) — open, but proposed to close; reason recorded: for academy; proposed date 30 November 2026

In the last twelve months: 6 opened (4 academy converter, 1 result of amalgamation, 1 reason not recorded), 6 closed (4 academy converter, 2 result of amalgamation/merger)

Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (secondary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Childwall Church of England Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 November 2025
Lister Infant and Nursery School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
Lister Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 31 August 2026
Pinehurst Primary School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 31 March 2026
Archbishop Blanch CofE High School (secondary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
Childwall Church of England Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
Kirkdale St Lawrence CofE VA Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 December 2025
Lister Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: result of amalgamation, 1 September 2026
Pinehurst Primary School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 April 2026
Purple Ruler (secondary) — open, 7 November 2025

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Liverpool reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Liverpool: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£588.7 million
Highways and transport services	−£180,000
Children's social care	£176.6 million
Adult social care	£314.5 million
Public health	£63.7 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£69.6 million
Cultural and related services	£44.3 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£34.1 million
Planning and development services	£27.2 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£30.2 million
Other services	£27.4 million
Total service expenditure	£1,376.1 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Liverpool in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 508,961 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 35 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £19,871 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £605 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 34.2% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 5.6% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £189,036 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 4.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 56.7 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 55.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 3.3 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 91.6% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 195.7 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 16,425 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

85 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, with a majority. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 57, Liberal Democrats 13, Independent / Other 5, Green Party (E&W) 4, Liverpool Community Independents 3, The Liberal Party 3.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 85 councillors, by ward

Paul Ruddick (Green Party (E&W)) — Aigburth
Andrew Makinson (Liberal Democrats) — Allerton
Billy Marrat (Labour Party) — Anfield
Lena Simic (Labour Party) — Anfield
Laura Robertson-Collins (Labour Party) — Arundel
Lynnie Hinnigan (Labour Party) — Belle Vale
Ruth Bennett (Labour Party) — Belle Vale
Hayley Todd (Labour Party) — Broadgreen
Heather Westhead (Labour Party) — Brownlow Hill
Tom Cardwell (Labour Party) — Brownlow Hill
Liz Makinson (Liberal Democrats) — Calderstones
Nathalie Nicholas (Labour Party) — Canning
Tomas Logan (Labour Party) — Canning
Lord Storey (Liberal Democrats) — Childwall
Pat Moloney (Liberal Democrats) — Childwall
Carl Cashman (Liberal Democrats) — Church
Christine Banks (Labour Party) — City Centre North
Nick Small (Labour Party) — City Centre North
Angela Coleman (Labour Party) — City Centre South
Elizabeth Hayden (Labour Party) — City Centre South
Hetty Wood (Labour Party) — City Centre South
Richard McLean (Labour Party) — Clubmoor East
Si Jones (Labour Party) — Clubmoor West
Bernard Packenham (Labour Party) — County
John Jennings (Labour Party) — County
Anthony Lavelle (Labour Party) — Croxteth
Lila Bennett (Labour Party) — Croxteth Country Park
Sarah Doyle (Labour Party) — Dingle
Steve Munby (Independent / Other) — Dingle
Naz Hasan (Labour Party) — Edge Hill
Ellie Byrne (Labour Party) — Everton East
Portia Fahey (Labour Party) — Everton North
Jane Corbett (Labour Party) — Everton West
Debbie Cooke (Labour Party) — Fazakerley East
Declan Henry (Labour Party) — Fazakerley North
Paul Brant (Labour Party) — Fazakerley West
Peter Norris (Labour Party) — Festival Gardens
Lucy Williams (Liverpool Community Independents) — Garston
Sam Gorst (Liverpool Community Independents) — Garston
Kris Brown (Liberal Democrats) — Gateacre
Richard Clein (Liberal Democrats) — Grassendale & Cressington
Martyn Madeley (Green Party (E&W)) — Greenbank Park
Liam Robinson (Labour Party) — Kensington & Fairfield
Liz Parsons (Labour Party) — Kensington & Fairfield
Wendy Simon (Labour Party) — Kensington & Fairfield
Tricia O'Brien (Labour Party) — Kirkdale East
Joe Hanson (Independent / Other) — Kirkdale West
Harry Doyle (Labour Party) — Knotty Ash & Dovecot Park
Robert Mcallister-Bell (Liberal Democrats) — Mossley Hill
Josie Mullen (Liberal Democrats) — Much Woolton & Hunts Cross
Mirna Juarez (Independent / Other) — Much Woolton & Hunts Cross
Gerard Heffey (Labour Party) — Norris Green
Kevin Pilnick (Labour Party) — Norris Green
Lena McCormick (Labour Party) — Norris Green
Mark Johnson (Labour Party) — Old Swan East
William Shortall (Labour Party) — Old Swan West
Alan Gibbons (Liverpool Community Independents) — Orrell Park
Richard Kemp (Liberal Democrats) — Penny Lane
Lucille Harvey (Labour Party) — Princes Park
Joanne Kennedy (Labour Party) — Sandfield Park
Katie Jarman (Green Party (E&W)) — Sefton Park
James Roberts (Labour Party) — Smithdown
Jon Morris (Labour Party) — Smithdown
Doreen Knight (Labour Party) — Speke
Mary Rasmussen (Labour Party) — Speke
Kimberley Berry (Labour Party) — Springwood
Thomas Crone (Green Party (E&W)) — St Michaels
Steve Radford (The Liberal Party) — Stoneycroft
Rahima Farah (Labour Party) — Toxteth
Joe Dunne (The Liberal Party) — Tuebrook Breckside Park
Billy Lake (The Liberal Party) — Tuebrook Larkhill
Assen Christov (Independent / Other) — Vauxhall
Lisa Gaughan (Labour Party) — Vauxhall
Beverley Kenyon (Labour Party) — Walton
Sam East (Labour Party) — Walton
Dave Hanratty (Labour Party) — Waterfront North
Rebecca Turner (Liberal Democrats) — Waterfront South
Julie Fadden (Labour Party) — Wavertree Garden Suburb
Laurence Sidorczuk (Liberal Democrats) — Wavertree Village
John Prince (Labour Party) — West Derby Deysbrook
Finley Nolan (Labour Party) — West Derby Leyfield
Colette Goulding (Independent / Other) — West Derby Muirhead
Malcolm Kelly (Liberal Democrats) — Woolton Village
Barbara Murray (Labour Party) — Yew Tree
Daniel Barrington (Labour Party) — Yew Tree

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

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