Joe Anderson: ‘I’ve never taken a bribe, nor would I, why would I?’

Last autumn, he was feted for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. But since then former Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson has been arrested, suspended from the Labour Party and he is not on the ballot in the upcoming Mayoral Elections.

Last month, a damning independent inspection lifted the lid on mismanagement at the council, with allegations of public money going to waste.

In his first television interview since his dramatic political downfall, Joe Anderson spoke to us.