Editing Liverpool (section)

=== City Council Leader and Cabinet ===
[[File:Liverpool Town Hall Council Chamber 2.jpg|thumb|right|City Councillors meet regularly at the Council Chamber in [[Liverpool Town Hall]] to conduct civic business<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Council Chamber|url=https://www.liverpooltownhall.co.uk/the-council-chamber-2|access-date=29 September 2023|website=liverpooltownhall.co.uk|archive-date=26 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826163917/https://www.liverpooltownhall.co.uk/the-council-chamber-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>]]
Liverpool City Council operates under a constitution comprising 85 city councillors who are directly elected by the Liverpool electorate every 4 years and represent a variety of different [[List of political parties in the United Kingdom|political parties]]. The city councillors make decisions about local services for the city's people.

At each election, the political party that wins the majority of the 85 council seats leads the council for the following 4 years. The local leader of this party assumes the role of Leader of the City Council who then chairs a Cabinet of 9 councillors who are assigned specific responsibilities known as 'portfolios'.

The incumbent Leader of Liverpool City Council is [[Liam Robinson (politician)|Councillor Liam Robinson]], who represents the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], which secured a large majority at the [[2023 Liverpool City Council election|2023 local election]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Liverpool Council cabinet named as Labour leader picks new top team to run city|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/new-liverpool-council-cabinet-named-26864485|website=Liverpool Echo|date=7 May 2023|access-date=27 July 2023|archive-date=18 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230518041357/https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/new-liverpool-council-cabinet-named-26864485|url-status=live}}</ref> the Leader is also a member of the Mayor of the Liverpool City Regions cabinet (''Separate from the City Council Cabinet''), at present Robinson holds the portfolio of Cabinet Member for Innovation. 

The City Council's decisions and scrutiny of activities are undertaken by a number of different committees and panels which include the Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Scrutiny Panels, Regulatory Committees and other committees. The day-to-day management of the council is carried out by the management team which includes the Chief Executive and several directors and senior officers. The management team works with the Cabinet and councillors to deliver strategic direction and priorities such as the budget and the City Plan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=How the council works|url=https://liverpool.gov.uk/council/councillors-and-committees/how-the-council-works|website=liverpool.gov.uk|access-date=27 July 2023|archive-date=27 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727105514/https://liverpool.gov.uk/council/councillors-and-committees/how-the-council-works|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The City of Liverpool (Scheme of Elections and Elections of Elected Mayor) Order 2021|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1089/made|website=legislation.gov.uk|access-date=27 July 2023|archive-date=27 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727105513/https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1089/made|url-status=live}}</ref>