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All policy stories from Liverpool.
Voters across Liverpool will decide on a proposed annual levy that would add an average of £45 to council tax bills to support bus route expansions and rail station upgrades.
A revised local plan and updated development levies will affect housing costs, neighbourhood services and planning decisions across Liverpool from mid-2026 onward.
Councillors agreed last week to ringfence social care spending and expand outreach programmes, with direct consequences for thousands of Liverpool residents relying on council-funded support.
Two pieces of legislation moving through Parliament this summer are expected to reshape tenancy rules, social housing funding and local authority planning powers across Merseyside.
With Liverpool City Council elections confirmed for May 2026 under the standard local government cycle, residents are set to choose representatives whose decisions on housing, transport and social care will shape the city through 2030.
From council tax proposals to local transport levies, here is a plain-language guide to what Liverpool residents will be asked to decide and the timeline for feeling the effects.