Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson has warned the council’s ‘perilous financial situation’ means it faces the ‘worst crisis since the Second World War’.

Amid added uncertainty caused by Brexit, councillors from all parties are next week expected to unite to call for urgent Government action as the authority attempts to tackle an estimated £57.6m gap in its finances for 2020/21, which includes £32.6m of budget pressures and budget decisions still to be delivered in 2019/20.