Luciana Berger

Tory education secretary Michael Gove is threatening to freeze grants to build nine new playgrounds in Liverpool, two of which are in Wavertree. 

These playgrounds, designed by the local community and supported by the last Labour Government, would provide a great environment for children of all ages to play and exercise outdoors. 

Liverpool council has already built [...]

I recently visited the Barclays call centre in Wavertree Technology Park, and met some of the 1,000 staff employed at the centre, as well as the site’s Unite officials.

It is one of two ‘super-sites’ operated by Barclays in the UK, and has specialist teams that work on savings & investments and lending. 

I saw the small-team based approach [...]

I was delighted to take part in Liverpool’s first ever pride march on Saturday. 

There was an excellent turnout and a fantastic atmosphere for the whole event, and I hope this marks the beginning of a new era of pride events in Liverpool.

Pride events are really important to promoting tolerance and awareness of LGBT issues, and [...]

I visited Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and was excited to hear about their bid to build a new proton therapy centre that will allow an even greater level of expertise to be offered in the treatment of tumours on children and adults.  If the bid is successful, Alder Hey will be ranked among the top children’s [...]

I was pleased to be part of the delegation that met with education minister Lord Hill to discuss an alternative approach now that the government has scrapped the Building Schools for the Future project. The delegation included four Liverpool MP’s and City Council Leader Joe Anderson.   

We all expressed our extreme disappointment at the demise of the BSF [...]

Yesterday I visited the NHS Direct Contact Centre in Old Swan to met Nicola Williams the North West Director of NHS Direct and the fantastic team who work there.

NHS Direct is a vital part of our health service; it provides an instant service for patients with serious medical problems, saves unnecessary trips to see GP’s [...]

I have sponsored a backbench bill, launched by fellow MP Geraint Davies, to close dangerous loopholes in existing credit card laws.

Pre-paid credit cards are readily available from retailers without providing details of the name and address of the user so images of child abuse may be downloaded anonymously.

This bill would require proof of identity and [...]

I visited a community health event in Williamson Square today – a big success; with massages, healthy food giveaways, dance, tai chi and health checks. 

The National Asbestos Helpline in support of the British Lung Foundation brought their health check coach to the Square to promote healthy lungs and asbestos awareness.
The NHS Community Health Ambassador Team had [...]

I challenged the Secretary of State for International Development to sign up to a road map to deliver education to 72 million children around the world by the next World cup

I asked Stephen O’Brien what support his Department has provided to the 1GOAL Education for All summit in South Africa.

He said “she is right to [...]

Today I challenged the Tory Education Secretary Michael Gove to justify  his decision to reverse plans to modernise 26 schools in Liverpool. I asked him why some students in Wavertree should have to learn in portakabins.  

Read my question and his response here.

Gove said that he would cut money needed for rebuilding schools in Wavertree because [...]