steve rotherham, metro mayor of liverpool, thank you very much indeed for being with us. security, at venues like this at the manchester arena where there are concerts, there will be lots of young people going to all sorts of concerts and festivals this summer, football matches, like the fa cup final, we're hearing scotland yard are putting more armed police there, but does there need to be a re—think on security or you know is that in a sense respond to go what the terrorists have done? of course, we all need to be vigilant and ever aware of circumstances around us. what we can do is very limited in all honesty. if you look at what happened in westminster, that was a person with murderous intent in a car. yesterday, it was somebody who blew themselves up so you can't plan for every eventuality. we've had our local cobra meeting, gold command meeting today to ensure that we have all the resilience possible, but at the end of the day, no one can guarantee 100% security for every single person. it's all our responsibility and i just single person. it's all our responsibilit

labour liverpool picked a labour mayor, a moment of comfort for steve rotherham, former mp, his familyr and just now, jeremy corbyn could use a little comfort. well, in the light of the results we are seeing now, do you accept you need to raise your game before the general election, or is your campaign now as good as it gets? obviously we need to gain support. and i'll tell you, compared to two years ago, we are doing our best, doing well. we've obviously got a lot further to go. everybody understands that. but there are also a large number of people who didn't vote in the local elections, and a very large number who, sadly, are still yet to register to vote. and i hope they will all register to vote by 22 may. labour loyalty runs deep on merseyside, reliable as the mersy ferry. the city goes with labour each time. but now some of that support is going adrift, in the city doubts are creeping in. in some places across the river, labour is in danger, for all the faith of those who want jeremy corbyn to steer their party and the country. liverpool is labour. you're labour. isjeremy corbyn

steve rotherham has won the role of mayor of liverpool city region.r. in glasgow where labour has been in powerfor more than 30 years, it has lost overall control. these are counties which are the tory strongholds. it was going to be a tough night for labour anyway and we are in the middle of a general election campaign, so again, mixed motives. people are voting largely on local issues, not necessarily national ones. what is coming across is where people were predicting we would be wiped out in places like wales, we've done very well. the lib dems admit so far, it's been a mixed set of results for them. we held our ground in the face of a massive shift, an enormous shift of ukip voters to the conservatives and you know, given that happened, we've done well to stay where we are. the green party says with the tories dominating, other parties need to collaborate. well i am worried about how well the conservatives have done in terms of both the green party, but more broadly for the future of progressive politics. i think that has to be a wake—up call for

steve rotherham in liverpool. they are the best results labour has had in any of this. elsewhere, in the west midlands, and the street the west midlands, and the street the conservative just managed to win. that was a close race. and third tees valley, the conservatives 1—dayer, and that wasn't much predicted. if you stand back from these mayoral contest, perhaps from these mayoral contest, perhaps from these cities in the north we will see a new kind of politics for the labour party and even for the conservatives, who knows. tony, thank you very much, as ever. tony, thank you very much, as ever. well, as we've heard, labour have suffered poor results in the elections. they have lost a number of key strongholds, including lancashire, derbyshire and bridgend. but they have taken two of the metro mayoral contests in manchester and liverpool, from where our deputy political editor, john pienaar, reports. are you fit to lead the labour party? he does not look happy, even a bit tense, defeats and setbacks in the north and the midlands hard to take. and then, you would almost

labour liverpool picked a labour mayor, a moment of comfort for steve rotherham, former mp, just now,corbyn could use a little comfort. in light of the results we are seeing, do you accept you need to raise your game before the general election, or is your campaign now as good as it gets? 0bviously campaign now as good as it gets? obviously we need to gain support. compared to two—year ‘s ago we are doing our best, doing well. we have further to go, everybody understands that, but there are a large number of people who did not vote in local elections and a very large number who have still yet to register to vote, and i hope they will register by may the 22nd. labour loyalty runs deep on merseyside, reliable as the mersey ferry, the city goes with labour each time. but now some of that support is going adrift. in the city, doubts are creeping in. in some places, labour is in danger, for all the faith of those who want jeremy corbyn to steer the party and their country. liverpool is labour. you are labour. isjeremy corbyn good for labour? definitely. it is the change the country needs.

labour liverpool picked a labour mayor, a moment of comfort for steve rotherham, former mp, his familyis leader and just now, jeremy corbyn could use a little comfort. well, in the light of the results we are seeing now, do you accept you need to raise your game before the general election, or is your campaign now as good as it gets? obviously we need to gain support and i tell you, compared to two years ago, we are doing our best, doing well. we've obviously got a lot further to go. everybody understands that. but there are also a large number of people who didn't vote in the local elections and a very large number who, sadly, still yet to register to vote and i hope they will all register to vote by 22nd may. labour loyalty runs deep on merseyside, reliable as the mersey ferry. the city goes with labour each time. but now some of that support is going adrift, in the city doubts are creeping in. in some places across the river, labour's in danger, for all the faith of those who wantjeremy corbyn to steer their party and the country. liverpool is labour, you're labour, isjeremy corbyn

labour liverpool picked a labour mayor, a moment of comfort for steve rotherham, former mp, and just comfort. in light of the results we are seeing, do you accept you need to raise your game before the general election, or is your campaign now as good as it gets? obviously, we need to gain support. compared to two—years ago, we are doing our best, doing well. we have further to go, everybody understands that, but there are a large number of people who did not vote in local elections and a very large number who have still yet to register to vote, and i hope they will register by may the 22nd. labour loyalty runs deep on merseyside, reliable as the mersey ferry, the city goes with labour each time. but now some of that support is going adrift. in the city, doubts are creeping in. in some places across the rive, labour is in danger, for all the faith of those who want jeremy corbyn to steer the party and their country. liverpool is labour. you are labour. isjeremy corbyn good for labour? yes, definitely. it is the change the country needs. we have put up with too many people without int