Campaigning for Jobs & Services rate, to a general expression of sympathy with the city's plight.
This is an inadequate lead from the national party leader, but it goes some way towards culling SIr any media claims that the party is openly divided on Liverpool strategy. Whilst Kinnock IS ding his back, support for Liverpool is growing. the rate capping legislation is made law.
Technically, no budget needs to be made until the tinal day or me lancial year, giving Liverpool potential 'reprieve' of months. Whether the banks and financial stitutions would refrain from calling in their debts such circumstances yel another question.
As Liverpool prepares we support to Labour victory in May. redundancies. statement stewards in Liverpool. THE ONLY WAY forward is for the national party leadership to give an unequivocal Liverpool. Introducing legal budgets with massive rate increases and consequent job losses will mean a defeat for Labour on Merseyside. But it will also mean defeat for all those other Labour councils who will face the Tory axe next year. If the Labour leadership stands firm behind Liverpool as the rank and file have done, then the Tories can be defeated. Labour has no alternative but to stand firm on this, continue to build mass support, demand the £30 million from the government, and fight for a The only course of action is to continue to build for the one day strike on 29 March called for by the Liverpon| City Council Joint Shop Steward's Committee, and to prepare workers for industrial action to defend jobs and services. Opposition must continue to all budgets that entail massive rate rises and by GMBATU senior