Tag Archives: Liverpool City Council

“We must work together on behalf of the people” plea to all Liverpool Parties

I really hope that the other four Council Groups will accept the Liberal Democrat call for greater cooperation after the local elections In advance of the close of nominations for the Council on Tuesday I have written to the other … Continue reading

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If music be the food of love…….

All three of the young people here started their musical experiences in years 6 and 7 in schools in deprived parts of Liverpool. They played for us yesterday at the Phil with confidence and vitality. Some people would say that … Continue reading

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Chickens come home to roost for the fine dodgers

It is right that Cllr O’Byrne should announce today that she will not seek re-election in May. The question is, “why did she not do so when she received a large fine for a traffic offence when she was Deputy … Continue reading

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Tories in Westminster – Labour in Liverpool. Two cheeks from the same a***?!

It is one rule for Labour Councillors and one rule for the rest of us mugs in Liverpool. The guilty 14 should pay their whack and pay their fines. The fact that it has taken the Council 16 months to … Continue reading

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Labour block Liverpool council transparency motion

“Hear no evil, see no evil, say no evil”, is a way of working that has been endemic in Liverpool Council for too long. Liverpool Liberal Democrats want to make the Council much more open and transparent No-one can doubt … Continue reading

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Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in for me” – says Joe Anderson

Don’t feel sorry for Joe Anderson. We will be paying for Joe’s period in control for years to come. Over the weekend the online Liverpool journal, the Post, published a lengthy article based on even lengthier interviews with former Liverpool … Continue reading

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Getting the basic routines right in Liverpool

It would have been cheaper for the Council to knock these houses down and build new ones than to refurbish these properties which are still unoccupied. At last week’s Audit Committee meeting the Committee discussed three items which had originally … Continue reading

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Another day, another scandal at cash hit Liverpool Council

A crude estimate is that it will take 30 years for the Council to recover its investment in this site and that is before services like a school and other public building are added. On Wednesday I will be raising … Continue reading

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Should Liverpool send in Commissioners to run the Government?

It seems to me that the people of Liverpool are now caught between two levels of hapless incompetence. On the one hand we have a hapless crash and burn Primer Minister who will clearly, if she survives, do what she … Continue reading

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United Utilities water pollution is a real problem in Liverpool

Liberal Democrats were delighted that a motion that we moved at Council, and which was referred to the last meeting of the Climate Change Select Committee, was approved unanimously and the series of actions which we had proposed therefore in … Continue reading

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