Editing Merseyside (section)

===Combined authority===
{{Main article|Liverpool City Region Combined Authority}}
The [[Liverpool City Region Combined Authority]], which includes the five boroughs of Merseyside and the [[Borough of Halton]] in Cheshire, oversees functions given to it under the area's [[Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016|devolution deal]] with the UK government, such as transport, housing, innovation, employment, energy, tourism, and trade, and some responsibilities relating to crime and justice.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wiggins |first=Kaye |date=2013-08-12 |title=Merseyside combined authority plans outlined |url=https://www.lgcplus.com/politics/governance-and-structure/merseyside-combined-authority-plans-outlined-12-08-2013/ |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=Local Government Chronicle |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Technical paper on Level 4 devolution framework |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-paper-on-level-4-devolution-framework/technical-paper-on-level-4-devolution-framework |access-date=2024-12-10 |website=GOV.UK |language=en}}</ref> 

The combined authority is led by the [[Mayor of the Liverpool City Region]], [[Steve Rotheram]], who was elected in [[2017 Liverpool City Region mayoral election|2017]] and re-elected in [[2021 Liverpool City Region mayoral election|2021]]<ref name=":1">{{cite news |date=18 May 2016 |title=Liverpool city region metro mayor: what is it, when will we get one and who will it be? |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-city-region-metro-mayor-11348845 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160723160521/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/liverpool-city-region-metro-mayor-11348845 |archive-date=23 July 2016 |access-date=16 July 2016 |newspaper=Liverpool Echo}}</ref> and in [[2024 Liverpool City Region mayoral election|2024]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2024 |title=Local election results 2024 live: London mayor and West Midlands race being counted |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68609732 |access-date=2024-05-04 |website=BBC News |language=en-gb}}</ref>