In the first of a series of interviews with England's directly elected Mayors, Adrian Goldberg meets Steve Rotherham - Mayor of the Liverpool City Region.

They discuss Jeremy Corbyn (for whom Rotherham was a parliamentary aide) as well as levelling up and devolution for the English regions.

Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White.

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