LCR Growth Plan

Liverpool City Region Growth Plan – Driven by Purpose, Powered by Partnership

The Liverpool City Region (LCR) is home to 1.6 million people, a £43bn economy, and an abundance of potential. Backed by an £11bn investment pipeline and clear mission to transform productivity, the LCR Growth Plan is a 10-year blueprint to drive investment, create tens of thousands of jobs, and potentially add upwards of £10bn to the LCR economy. The size of the opportunity is huge and we are ready to capitalise on this critical moment as a top tier Mayoral Strategic Authority. Built on innovation and collaboration, the 10-year Growth Plan sets out our local priorities while aligning to the national growth mission, so together we can bring prosperity to our communities – and country – at pace.

A Place With All the Right Parts for Progress

As the UK’s pre-eminent Western global gateway with two major airports in close proximity, our reach is as global as our outlook. Combined with our leading Industrial Strategy Zone, LCR Connect’s ultrafast full fibre network, nationally significant innovation assets and a thriving Port Complex, LCR offers competitive edge for high-value investment and trade. It’s a place where people come to invest but also visit, study, and stay. Globally renowned as a 24/7 Cultural Capital with a wide-ranging housing offer, competitive cost base, accessible transport network, and a strong sense of belonging, LCR is the best place to grow up, grow a family, and grow a business.

A Plan to Transform Ambition into Economic Impact

In a time of geopolitical turbulence and environmental shifts, the LCR Growth Plan is a roadmap for a pioneering and resilient City Region. From distinctive specialisms in Infection Prevention and Control, Materials Chemistry, to AI and Emerging Technologies, we are a hub of breakthroughs and discovery – where science, innovation, and creativity collide to solve global challenges.

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The LCR Growth Plan is action-orientated and centred on growing our most productive sectors the fastest: health and life sciences, digital and technologies, advanced manufacturing, creatives industries, and clean energy, supported by maritime, professional, business services, and the visitor economy. To maximise our headroom for growth, we are using our devolved powers and strategic investments to ensure the right infrastructure, skills, and support are in place to strengthen the foundations of our economy and ensure everyone can realise their potential and benefit from a prosperous LCR.

A Productivity Mission for All to Push Forward

The LCR Growth Plan is the result of strong collaborative leadership, headed up by the Mayor, six committed local authorities, and an energetic, expert network of businesses and institutional partners. The LCR Growth Plan is a catalyst for action at a time when the opportunity for transformation is in our gift to grasp. With an ambitious and well-aligned national Industrial Strategy in place and the highest level of devolution with our Integrated Settlement, we have the right powers, pipeline, and partners, united behind a productivity mission, to deliver inclusive, sustainable growth together.

Map of LCR

Mayor's Foreword

The story of the Liverpool City Region has never been one of standing still.

For centuries, people here have looked out across the river and beyond and seen endless possibility. Our docks once powered the Industrial Revolution. Our musicians gave the world a new soundtrack. Our scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs have pushed the boundaries of what is possible. And every step of the way, it has been the ingenuity, creativity and determination of our people that has carried us forward.

Today, we have the chance to change the world again; this time by leading the industries that will define the next century.

The world is changing faster than at any point in our lifetimes. New technologies like artificial intelligence are reshaping the way we live and work. Climate change demands that we act with urgency and imagination. Families want well-paid jobs they can rely on, world-class public transport that connects them to opportunity, and safe, thriving communities to call home.

This Growth Plan is our blueprint for how we meet those challenges head-on, and how we will seize the opportunities they bring. It’s a bold, ambitious vision of the future: one where, with the right support, our tidal power makes us the UK’s renewable energy coast; where our world-leading universities and innovators turn ideas into whole industries; where our cultural creativity continues to put us on the map; where prosperity is something we all share, and where we maximise our assets to reach our full potential.

We cannot – and will not – do this alone. Real change happens when we pull together. That’s why this plan has been built, and will be delivered, in genuine partnership with our local authorities, our businesses, our colleges and universities, our trade unions, and our communities. And it will be delivered hand-in-hand with Government, because we’ll deliver a much bigger bang for our buck when national and local leaders stand together.

Our growth plan is ambitious because our people are ambitious. It is confident because we have every reason to be. And it is bold, because we are building a future worthy of the generations to come.

Together, we will show the rest of the country – and the world – what the Liverpool City Region can achieve.

Together, we will make this the best place in the UK to grow up, to grow a family, and grow a business

Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram

LCR in numbers since devolution

1,607,084

Liverpool City Region residents

35,681

Net additional homes added to Liverpool City Region’s housing stock

£43.3bn

GVA for the Liverpool City Region - showing the economy has grown by nearly £3.2bn (8%)

Supporting Documents

LCR Growth Plan

A plan built on innovation and collaboration.

LCR Growth Plan

Liverpool City Region Growth Plan – Driven by Purpose, Powered by Partnership

A Place With All the Right Parts for Progress

A Plan to Transform Ambition into Economic Impact

Download LCR Growth Plan

A Productivity Mission for All to Push Forward

Map of LCR

Mayor's Foreword

The story of the Liverpool City Region has never been one of standing still.

Today, we have the chance to change the world again; this time by leading the industries that will define the next century.

Our growth plan is ambitious because our people are ambitious. It is confident because we have every reason to be. And it is bold, because we are building a future worthy of the generations to come.

Together, we will show the rest of the country – and the world – what the Liverpool City Region can achieve.

Together, we will make this the best place in the UK to grow up, to grow a family, and grow a business

Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram

LCR in numbers since devolution

1,607,084

Liverpool City Region residents

35,681

Net additional homes added to Liverpool City Region’s housing stock

£43.3bn

GVA for the Liverpool City Region - showing the economy has grown by nearly £3.2bn (8%)

LCR Growth Plan

LCR Growth Plan

Mayor's Foreword

LCR in numbers since devolution

Supporting Documents

Main Document

One Page Pitch

Summary

Evidence Base

Annex: Key Transformational Projects

Slide Deck Overview

LCR Growth Plan

LCR Growth Plan

Mayor's Foreword

LCR in numbers since devolution

Supporting Documents

Main Document

One Page Pitch

Summary

Evidence Base

Annex: Key Transformational Projects

Slide Deck Overview