Luciana Berger

This Sunday is Mother’s Day, when Mums, Dads, children and families will be celebrating the role that our mothers play in our lives.

We will all have our own examples of the love, support and dedication shown by Mums on a daily basis, and on Mothering Sunday we take the time to recognise, remember, and cherish everything [...]

I was thrilled to be able to join the finalists of the schools enterprise challenge this week. Two Wavertree Schools, King David and Dovedale Juniors were both finalists. Unfortunately they didn’t win but they have had a great time preparing for the competition and taking part in the competition itself.

The schools were given Liverpool Council funding [...]

Today in parliament, my colleague Kerry McCarthy MP introduced a Ten Minute Rule Bill designed to make sure that supermarkets and others make better use of the massive amount of food that is wasted every day.

I am pleased to be sponsoring the bill, as I believe more needs to be done to reduce the amount of [...]

Yesterday I joined Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, Chuka Umunna MP in welcoming the Global Entrepreneurship Congress (GEC) to Liverpool.

Hosting the event is a fantastic coup for the city, as it brings leading economists and entrepreneurs from more than 120 countries to Liverpool. It is a wonderful opportunity to highlight on the world stage that we truly [...]

Today marks the start of Climate Week, one of the largest climate change awareness campaigns run in the UK. Throughout the week businesses, charities, schools and councils across the country will run events highlighting what can be achieved by taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

This afternoon I’ll be attending the [...]

Today I visited Allerton Community Fire Station. The station has been earmarked for closure if the Government goes ahead with its plans for an £8.5 million cut to the Merseyside Fire Authority in December.

I spoke out against these cuts in Parliament this week and during my visit I heard from fire fighters about [...]

This morning in Parliament I challenged the Government to reconsider the unfair cuts they are planning to make to Merseyside Fire Authority. If implemented they would lead to fire fighter jobs being lost, stations closing and lives being put in danger.

This December ministers will announce further budget cuts to our fire [...]

Liverpool now has 3 foodbanks. Before Xmas I visited and volunteered in the one here in Wavertree and last week, along with Steve Rotheram MP visited the one in North Liverpool.

All 3 work in partnership with the The Trussell Trust. The UK foodbank network works in partnership with local churches and communities to open foodbanks nationwide. There [...]

Last night I was delighted to go aboard one of our city’s finest assets – HMS Liverpool. The vessel is making its final visit to the city after 3 decades in service – including playing a crucial role during the recent Libyan conflict.

Yesterday I asked a question in parliament, calling on the Defence Secretary to make [...]