administration.
HOW can a so-called left wing council end _up in such a mess? The Stringer administration took power in 1984 with the promise to improve jobs and services Until the 1987 generai elecuon many nev council jobs were created.
about the same amount that now will disappear because of the cuts.
Because the government has stolen over £500 million in grant since 1979 the council paid for the improved services through creative accountancy. This can of course only go on for a certain period Rut the counci pinned its hope on the forgovernment. After the general the Stringer administration saw no alternative but to make massive cuts.
Graham Stringer was chester City Labour Party MANCHESTER city council's December meeting decided to make £110 million cuts, which is about 25 per cent of the budget! 3,750 council jobs will go and the council services will decline drastically. On top of that the right wing of the Labour group along with the Tories voted down some of the progressive equal opportunities policies of the Graham Stringer and in most of the council unions.
A general feeling of being trapped emerged allone Party members. At the one hand the chances of winning a head-on confrontaton wiln ine governmen look bleak. On the other Party supporters will blame the for the cuts Catch 22 situation! new cuts wil have to b implemented in the comOn top of that the Stringer leadership is not even willing to organise any major campaigns against the education the cuts make it more difficult to mobilise even in the next local May Jobs A resistance to the cuts began to develop when it became clear to what extent the services would be damaged. In education for example over 1,000 teaching jobs, Cheste was • organised.
of Manchester support all In order achieve