Both Birkdale LibDems and Victoria LibDems are active Bloggers. So much so, that they started the ball rolling with the story about Labour's Leader of Liverpool City Council, Joe Anderson’s, letter in today's Liverpool Post. Manor Ward's good friend, Peter Hough, got in there first with his Blog. In the letter, Cllr Anderson is responding to the Militants who urged him not to set a budget and to take on the government he writes:
“There is no such thing as not implementing the government cuts.
Government gives the city 80% of its funding through different types of
grant. They have chosen to give Liverpool a 22% or £91m reduction. They
simply have not given us the money.
If someone’s household income is reduced by 22%, then they can’t just
ignore this, or they’d go bankrupt. If the city ignored its cut from
the Government, then quite simply we would run out of money by November
of this year, with no money to run social services or pay wages. That
chaos will not happen under my leadership.”
Well under the Leadership of Peter Dowd in Sefton that is the chaos that we may well have faced as he - despite being in the Cabinet - rejected almost every cut. They even voted against a 25% cut in senior and middle management.
Peter's blog spells out the detail.
When I was Deputy Head at Chesterfield High School, in Crosby, Joe Anderson was working at the school. Although not having much to do with him, it was clear he was a formidable, principled character and one who didn't stand any messing. It is a shame that Sefton Labour councillors have NONE of the principles of their Liverpool Labour colleagues.
The Liberal Democrats in Sefton have taken an identical view to the Labour leaders in Liverpool. We feel that we should have more cash than we have been given by government. We have lobbied government about this. We shall continue to lobby government about this. But we shall not desert our residents in these most difficult times.
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