Recently in Regional Affairs Category
Before I started work at the Liverpool Daily Post in the summer of 2007, I had covered politics in Blackburn for the Lancashire Telegraph.
So naturally when @blackburnlabour started following me on Twitter a couple of months back I returned the compliment.
The local party has also created a great blog at blackburnlabour.org
Almost 2m people in Greater Manchester may, in part, hold the key to whether the latest attempt to make a funding bid for Merseytram is successful.
As we reported on Friday (see here), the Department for Transport (DfT) is to be asked for at least £270m to build Line One of Merseytram from Liverpool to Kirkby.
People living in Greater Manchester are currently voting in a referendum on whether a congestion charge should brought in.
Profile
David Bartlett - City editor of the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo covering politics, regeneration, and urban affairs. He was previously chief reporter of the Daily Post and here he gives his insight into the workings of regional politics.
Recent Comments
"I think it looks pretty good, very neat and tidy. I saw that the Labour Party will be experimenting ..."
"From what I can gather, the said Dr was in no fit state to boast about anything, after being confron..."
"well, its great is it - but it won't be? Has ronnie gone into the crystal-ball gazing business? Too ..."
"Professional, well-designed and pretty tidy. Be good to see Labour run Liverpool in the same manner ..."
"Are any towels missing?..."
"Sorry to see that you haven’t blogged on the Post article about all the freebies enjoyed by the Chie..."
"I've juse seen that at front cover on the Echo for the first time... it was definately a hatchet job..."
"Has the question been asked of Kilfoyle if the 'independent' report he commissioned was commissioned..."
"If this is true, it's hardly surprising. After the 2008 fiasco, the Government sent in the Commissio..."
"They will certainly get three stars for the quality of the pay-offs they have paid to incompetents a..."