DEVOLUTION

On the track to growth

Steve Rotheram speaks to Ann McGauran about Liverpool City Region’s growth prospects, tackling the challenge from Reform UK, and the need for the Spending Review to deliver ‘some things that will be transformational’

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By Ann McGauran | 20 May 2025
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Steve Rotheram is in a buoyant mood following the announcement last week of a report setting out the case for a Liverpool-Manchester Railway that could unlock a £90bn economic boost.

Hard on the heels of delivering this ambitious proposal, the mayor of the Liverpool City Region heads to UKREiiF [The UK's Real Estate Investment and Infrastructure Forum] this week. What will be at the heart of the story he will tell would-be investors?

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