[New York] Liverpool to help tackle poverty and unemployment

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The Deputy Mayor of New York is visiting Liverpool to see how the city is tackling poverty and unemployment.

Linda Gibbs is among representatives from New York's Commission for Economic Opportunity, visiting the city as part of a trip to the UK.

The delegates will study a number of schemes including Clubmoor Children's Centre - which provides child care, health and parental support.

They will also visit the employment initiatives Kensington Regeneration and South Liverpool JET, as well as the North Liverpool Community Justice Centre - which was based on a similar project in New York.

Liverpool City Council leader, Warren Bradley, said: "Liverpool has made tremendous strides in recent years in reducing unemployment and making the city a better place to live, work and visit.

"The city council and its partners are working extremely hard in order to transform life for local residents, and I hope that the delegation find their visit to Liverpool extremely useful.

"This is a good example of the close links that Liverpool is developing with New York - a city it has always had an extremely special relationship with."