07-12-2025 09:00 via theguardian.com

From bricklayer to mayor: Steve Rotheram is quietly building a Liverpool success story

With a reputation for getting things done, the man with ‘the dream job for any scouser’ has ambitious plans for his cityFrom the towering south stand of Everton’s gleaming new riverside football stadium, the Liverpool city region mayor Steve Rotheram is showing off his next big goal to the visiting government minister.It was not much to look at: acres of industrial wasteland, disused docks and a sorry-looking gothic clock tower, said to be one of only two in the world with six
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