Photo: TIM RIGB NEITHER LIVERPOOL District Labour Party have so far made up their minds on the Stone-Frost Report on financial crisis. report and their response to it with the Association of Metropolitan Authorities, the body which might lend extra cash to the dications are that the Labour group don't much like the report's options, rates up again or debts.
But the council's problem is that the demise of une nignt by ouner councils against the attacks local covemomen coupled with the full fronNeil Kinassall nock has lett Liverpool isolated.
Kinnock's attack at the recent Labour CUllference isn't the only intervention he has made into the affairs of Liverpool.
After the Stone-Frost city council nor the Liverpool's The council will be discussing the city council. But all inwhich amount to putting the capitalising rescheduling Report was issued we comle statement spewed from the Labour By'Carol Turner leader's office. It was hotly followed with a TV appearance bv environment spokesperson John Cunningham to the same effect. Less publicity has been given, however, to a statement from two Liverpool MPs, Eric Heffer and Eddie Loyden, who have the ICDUll leadership's response.
'The Liverpool councillors, we stress, have acted in line with Labour's agreed policy. For that they should be praised and suvourlcu, uol allalkco d Bae e Donspe o the policies of the which in fact they are fighting against.
'The idea was to builo strategy al. councils , affected rate-capping penalties. Liverpool councillors agreed to their colleagues elsewhere. The fact is that in the end only the Liverpool coun cillors stood united enough to continue the agreed party policy uners, unfortunately, divided ranks and the agreed strategy councils had to be aban- ONUNU doned. Liverpool, good or ill, decided to con tinue the struggle in lin with party policy...
'It is not true, as has been suggested, that the money has been there all the time. The report, TaCL. whoicaler previous councils government policy.
'One of the important points made in the report is that some of the various options are available only because other local anise additional financial authorities help support for the city council... We are sure Liver pool councillors will seriously look this report in a rational inanyone to get a sensible SolluOl Liverpool's problems. But rightly, as laldu we understand it. they do not wish to place further burdens on Liverpool workers, rate-payers and industry.
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