Interview: Joe Anderson, Mayor of Liverpool

CITY, COUNTRY OF BIRTH: Liverpool, UK

EDUCATION: University degree in social work

DATE ELECTED MAYOR: May 2012, re-elected May 2016

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT: Social inclusion unit in a local school

Why did you become mayor?

It was important to make sure that our city was and is prepared for the challenges of being a modern city, and that included having clear and simple decision-making at the top
of our public authority. In addition, we desperately needed investment from our [national] government and they made having an elected mayor a condition of that investment.

What is your favourite part of the job?

I often say I have the best job in the world, because I do. My entire life I have be...