Liverpool Echo: Latest Liverpool and Merseyside news, sports and what's on (original) (raw)

Based inLiverpool

Topic ExpertisePolitics, social affairs, transport, health, investigations

AwardsPrivate Eye Paul Foot Award nominee 2023

Regional Press Awards Highly Commended Specialist Writer of the Year 2022

02 Media Awards News Reporter of the Year

02 Media Awards Most Memorable

Regional Press Awards Specialist Writer of the Year 2020

Regional Press Awards Highly Commended News Reporter of the Year 2019

Regional Press Awards Specialist Writer of the Year 2019

AffiliationsNUJ

Liam is the Liverpool ECHO's award-winning political editor and brings you all the major stories coming from the region's councils, MPs and further afield. He also oversees the work of a team of local democracy reporters, who cover town halls across the Liverpool City Region. Liam led the ECHO's coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic. He has a particular interest in writing about and highlighting social injustice and has broken a number of nationally recognised exclusive stories. He joined the ECHO in 2017 having previously been chief reporter at The Bolton News. You can find him on twitter @LiamThorpECHO