REGARDING the dispute over chairmanship of the new Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, our region deserves better than this.

I am appalled.

Rivalries and disputes between Labour councillors must not get in the way of the real job that needs doing.

That job is about improving our transport links, promoting our assets and attracting investment.

Other regions have been getting their act together, getting their hands on Government and private funding.

What's the use of handing ammunition to our rivals?'

Cllr Phil Gilchrist, Liberal Democrat group leader