LIVERPOOL was today revealed as the blueprint for a new British City of Culture competition.
Culture secretary Andy Burnham was due to announce a UK equivalent of the Capital of Culture accolade tonight.
The European title generated more than £176m in tourism income for the city.
Gordon Brown is also expected to use tomorrow’s high-profile cabinet meeting in the city to drive home the importance of culture and its economic benefits in the run-up to the first competition, to be held in 2011.
Talks between Culture Company deputy chairman Phil Redmond, who will head a government working party, and Liverpool-born Mr Burnham, have centred on naming a British Capital of Culture every two to four years.
The winning city will be given the chance to hold a year-long arts programme.
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