Latest figures show unemployment in the North West has fallen by 17,000 over the last three-month period.
As many as one-in-three people experience mental health illness in Liverpool, with UK health costs rising.
Over half of early service leavers remain unemployed two years after leaving the Forces, according to LifeWorks.
The Big Lottery Fund has made £6.6m available to tackle youth unemployment in Liverpool.
The number of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance in Liverpool has fallen.
Long-term benefit claimants will be required to do 30 hours of community service a week in order to continue to receive them.
Jobs on the Liverpool Waters scheme could bypass locals, according to a government-funded work liaison programme.