BENEATH THE DIPLOMATIC language in which comments on last Thursday's meeting Liverpool city councillors Secretary Patrick Jenkin were couched, some cracks Liverpool in early June, ment and city council officers will get together to find possible ways of resolving the irresolvable.
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Speaking press following Liverpool's meeting with Patrick Jenkin, deputy leader Derek Hatton described the spirit of that meeting as 'probably the most hopeful yet seen'.
This was reinforced by newiv-elected Councillor Tony Mulhearn who said:
that the electorate has the most overwhelming victory the May elections. There was a definite spirit to find a solution. But we made it absolutely clear that the position regarding any further redundancies. any further Cus in public services are grabs as far as Liverpool Alter all. whv should they be? Liverpool's stand The council has always said it is prepared consider anything beyond its hottom line: no loss of jobs allu Eric Heffer with council leader John Hamilton on 29 March demonstration massive rate increase.
Left Labour councils can practice diplomacy Liverpool have held off selling illegal budget for which they now have a clear manly, lo make perfectly clear that COnCessons must come the originators of Liverpool's current problems a Tory government hell-bent on squeez. ing the poor by cutting public service funds those local councils they can't control.
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look likely to appear in the government's hard line on city spending. Between now and Jenkin's visit to
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