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Call for Liverpool intervention after mayoral review frustration

Liverpool City Council’s Lib Dem leader has called for the Government to intervene after he claimed the authority blocked his attempts to review the elected mayor position.

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By Dan Peters | 12 June 2019

Liverpool City Council's Lib Dem leader has called for the Government to intervene after he claimed the authority blocked his attempts to review the elected mayor position.

Cllr Richard Kemp has asked local government secretary James Brokenshire to order a review of the council's governance.

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