signs are that support for Labour is growing fast.
Without doubt, Liverpool has led the rest of the labour movement agains! the Tories' attacks on local Last Wednesday's council meeting was opened by an address from Alan Duffy Sutton Manor colliery, Lancashire.
deputy council leader Derek Hatton Liverpool's pointed out. fight 'cannot seen isolation from other struggles againsi government. big vicwill be turener eledence will further evidence LIVERPOOL CITY COUNCIL'S second budgetthe local government elections this Thursday, all the that Liverpool's first stand really does show the way fo: ather Labour councils.
candidates have been selected on pledge support the so-called illegal council's budget. The exception Paul Orr, one of the seven budget whose ạDpeal againsi deselection was recently upheld by the rifallonal executive LiverDool District Party, on the casting vote of chairperson Tony Mulhearn has subsequently reinstated him as candidate. This is a controversial decision. Orr's constivoted overwhelmLuci ingly 110L to accept the NEC decision.
The district party's ac tion will be hotly contestec at its next meeting, the elections. No doubt there was concern to avoid unfavourable publicity on what considered some to be the wrong issue to fight on.
district ar that Orr's connoer reinstatement will not leopardis the clear majority for Labour's budget expected after voting day.
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making meeting last Wednesday ended the same as its first: failure to agree. But the situation there is far from unchanged. With only a few days left before