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January 2008 - July 2008

• Top city finance post set for axe
  Liverpool Echo - 26th July 2008
  Liverpool council’s top financial post faces the axe – just months after the authority was labelled the worst-performing in the country for the way it handles taxpayers’ money.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/26/top-city-finance-
  post-set-for-axe-100252-21408394/

• Future in the balance for senior council officials
  Liverpool Daily Post - 25th July 2008
  The two most senior officials at Liverpool City Council will today come under pressure as the future of their jobs is discussed by a powerful panel.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/25/future-in-
  the-balance-for-senior-council-officials-64375-21403555/

• Unions in war over academy in Norris Green
  Liverpool Echo - 24th July 2008
  Six trade unions have united to try to force a public meeting over the building of a new academy in Norris Green.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/24/unions-in-war-
  over-academy-in-norris-green-100252-21394140/

• Passport workers strike in pay row
  Liverpool Echo - 23rd July 2008
  A three-day strike by passport staff started today.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/23/passport-workers-
  strike-in-pay-row-100252-21389933/

• Union bid to save 800 jobs
  Liverpool Echo - 23rd July 2008
  Liverpool postal union leaders have drawn up plans to save 800 city centre sorting jobs.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/23/union-bid-to-save-
  800-jobs-100252-21389349/

• Labour call to suspend city chief executive
  Liverpool Daily Post - 18th July 2008
  Liverpool’s main opposition Labour Party has demanded the suspension of city council chief executive Colin Hilton, the Daily Post can reveal.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/18/labour-call-
  to-suspend-city-chief-executive-64375-21363079/

• Holly Lodge school in dinner break row
  Liverpool Echo - 17th July 2008
  Around 500 pupils were sent home after teachers went on strike over cuts to their dinner break.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/17/holly-lodge-school-
  in-dinner-break-row-100252-21357505/

• Region is ready for second day of strikes
  Liverpool Daily Post - 17th July 2008
  A second day of strikes will hit schools, bin collections and care services across Merseyside today.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/17/region-is-
  ready-for-second-day-of-strikes-64375-21355645/

• Services hit by pay strike
  Liverpool Echo - 16th July 2008
  Union bosses today claimed total support for the two-day strike expected to cripple council services throughout Merseyside and across the UK.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/16/services-hit-by-
  pay-strike-100252-21350400/

• Culture Company’s media manager to leave during Liverpool’s flagship year
  Liverpool Daily Post - 16th July 2008
  Liverpool Culture Company’s £70,000 head of communications has announced he is leaving, half way through the city’s flagship year.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/16/culture-
  company-s-media-manager-to-leave-during-liverpool-s-flagship-year-64375-
  21348586/

• Culture Company threatens to sue former chief executive
  Liverpool Daily Post - 16th July 2008
  Liverpool Culture Company has threatened to sue its former chief executive Jason Harborow.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/16/culture-
  company-threatens-to-sue-former-chief-executive-64375-21348591/

• How the strikes will affect local services
  Liverpool Daily Post - 16th July 2008
  Unison's public sector strikes will hit services in every local authority in Merseyside.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/16/how-the-
  strikes-will-affect-local-services-64375-21346643/

• Liverpool MP accuses Cherie Blair of ‘inventing poverty-stricken childhood’
  Liverpool Daily Post - 16th July 2008
  Liverpool MP Peter Kilfoyle has accused Cherie Blair of inventing her poverty-stricken childhood in the city in a scathing review of her infamous autobiography.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/16/liverpool-
  mp-accuses-cherie-blair-of-inventing-poverty-stricken-childhood-64375-21348524/

• MPs demand inquiry on private health deal
  Liverpool Daily Post - 16th July 2008
  An independent inquiry should be held into the privatisation of part of the NHS in Liverpool, MPs have ruled.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/16/mps-
  demand-inquiry-on-private-health-deal-64375-21348584/

• Region braced for local authority strikes
  Liverpool Daily Post - 16th July 2008
  Schools have closed, bins will go uncollected and care services will be stretched as public service workers begin their 48 hour strike today.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/16/region-
  braced-for-local-authority-strikes-64375-21348681/

• A strike by Merseyside council workers will bring the region’s 14 waste recycling centres to a halt.
  Liverpool Echo - 15th July 2008
  The Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority has confirmed the centres will be closed from 8pm today, reopening at 8am on Friday due to the Unison industrial action over pay.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/15/a-strike-by-
  merseyside-council-workers-will-bring-the-region-s-14-waste-recycling-centres-
  to-a-halt-100252-21341877/

• Jobs ‘at risk’ in merger
  Liverpool Echo - 15th July 2008
  Staff were today warned job losses could not be ruled out at the Merseyside base of banking giant Alliance & Leicester.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/15/jobs-at-risk-in-
  merger-100252-21340142/

• Strikers will shut schools
  Liverpool Echo - 15th July 2008
  Schools will close across Merseyside when union members go on strike over a pay dispute.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/15/strikers-will-shut-
  schools-100252-21340121/

• Liverpool Council facing £60m cost of equal pay claims
  Liverpool Daily Post - 15th July 2008
  The full scale of Liverpool Council’s liability to equal pay claims from thousands of underpaid women workers stands at £60m, it emerged last night.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/15/liverpool-
  council-facing-60m-cost-of-equal-pay-claims-64375-21340320/

• Pay protest at hospital by NHS staff
  Liverpool Echo - 14th July 2008
  NHS workers will protest against their latest pay offer outside Broadgreen Hospital on Friday.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/14/pay-protest-at-
  hospital-by-nhs-staff-100252-21336356/

• Call for probe into Sayers job losses
  Liverpool Echo - 11th July 2008
  MPs have called for a review of company law following the closure of Liverpool bakery Sayers.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/11/call-for-probe-
  into-sayers-job-losses-100252-21323360/

• MPs claims Sayers 'plotted' to close stores and bakery
  Liverpool Daily Post - 11th July 2008
  Around 270 staff who lost their jobs when Sayers axed its Liverpool bakery and 19 stores were victims of a secret three-year plot, MPs have claimed.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/11/mps-claims-
  sayers-plotted-to-close-stores-and-bakery-64375-21323481/

• City council inquiry exposes rogue website ‘sources’
  Liverpool Daily Post - 10th July 2008
  Former Liverpool Council leader and next year’s Lord Mayor, Mike Storey, leaked information to a blog site that alleged corruption and malpractice at the authority, it was claimed last night.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/10/city-
  council-inquiry-exposes-rogue-website-sources-64375-21315736/

• Move for ethical pensions
  Liverpool Daily Post - 10th July 2008
  Liverpool Council last night approved a motion calling on the Merseyside Pension Fund to ballot its members over calls for ethical approach to investing its members’ pensions.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/10/move-for-
  ethical-pensions-64375-21315734/

• Council workers to strike
  Liverpool Echo - 9th July 2008
  Thousands of Merseyside council workers will go on strike for two days next week.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/09/council-workers-
  to-strike-100252-21309520/

• Tall Ships 999 strike
  Liverpool Echo - 9th July 2008
  Coastguards will strike during the weekend of the Tall Ships event on the Mersey.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/09/tall-ships-999-
  strike-100252-21309945/

• Hundreds march in NHS 60th anniversary protest
  Liverpool Daily Post - 7th July 2008
  Hundreds of protesters gathered in Liverpool to rally against “creeping privatisation” within the NHS on the service’s 60th anniversary.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/07/hundreds-
  march-in-nhs-60th-anniversary-protest-64375-21272792/

• Protest on NHS birthday
  Liverpool Echo - 3rd July 2008
  A huge Trojan horse will lead a demonstration in Liverpool against “the increasing privatisation of the NHS”.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/03/protest-on-nhs-
  birthday-100252-21219601/

• City in push for ‘ethical’ pension
  Liverpool Daily Post - 2nd July 2008
  Liverpool council is demanding that thousands of local government workers in Merseyside be balloted on whether their pension funds should be invested ethically.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/07/02/city-in-
  push-for-ethical-pension-64375-21212912/

• TUC march on NHS 60th
  Liverpool Echo - 1st July 2008
  Trade unionists are staging a march in Liverpool this Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/07/01/tuc-march-on-nhs-
  60th-100252-21205557/

• Farewell to Terry Fields: a man of principle
  Liverpool Echo - 30th June 2008
  Terry Fields – family man, former firefighter and true socialist – was one of the last of a dying breed.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/30/farewell-to-terry-
  fields-a-man-of-principle-100252-21202675/

• Tributes paid to former Labour MP Terry Fields
  Liverpool Daily Post - 30th June 2008
  Political enemies last night united to pay tribute to former Labour MP Terry Fields who died at the weekend aged 71 following a short battle with cancer.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/30/tributes-
  paid-to-former-labour-mp-terry-fields-64375-21171168/

• Rip-off fears prompt urgent review into city’s BT £70m contract
  Liverpool Daily Post - 27th June 2008
  A damning report criticising Liverpool council’s flagship joint venture with BT will compound fears the local authority is being “ripped-off”, it was claimed last night.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/27/rip-off-
  fears-prompt-urgent-review-into-city-s-bt-70m-contract-64375-21159620/

• Union boss hits out after attack on free travel for Merseytravel staff
  Liverpool Daily Post - 27th June 2008
  A union leader has hit out over criticism that hundreds of its members receive free travel across Merseyside worth more than £1,000 each.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/27/union-boss-
  hits-out-after-attack-on-free-travel-for-merseytravel-staff-64375-21159538/

• Mike Storey faces investigation into Jason Harborow leak
  Liverpool Echo - 26th June 2008
  Former Liverpool council leader Mike Storey is under investigation over claims he leaked a colleague’s health problems to the press.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/26/mike-storey-faces-
  investigation-into-jason-harborow-leak-100252-21154478/

• Equal pay will cost Liverpool city council £35m
  Liverpool Daily Post - 19th June 2008
  Liverpool City Council has asked to borrow £35m from the Government to settle equal pay claims with thousands of underpaid women workers, it emerged last night.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/19/equal-pay-
  will-cost-liverpool-city-council-35m-64375-21102552/

• City council restructure may lead to job cuts
  Liverpool Daily Post - 18th June 2008
  Liverpool City Council is to restructure its top level of management it emerged last night – in a move that could see redundancies.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/18/city-
  council-restructure-may-lead-to-job-cuts-64375-21092721/

• Phone snoops at Liverpool Town Hall
  Liverpool Echo - 17th June 2008
  Liverpool council has admitted it searched the mobile phone records of the Labour leader of the opposition during a leak investigation.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/17/phone-snoops-at-
  liverpool-town-hall-100252-21087491/

• Diocese under fire at tribunal
  Liverpool Echo - 16th June 2008
  Union bosses today accused the Diocese of Liverpool of using “aggressive and underhand” tactics to dismiss a senior cleric.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/16/diocese-under-fire-
  at-tribunal-100252-21082806/

• Tanker strike bites
  Liverpool Daily Post - 14th June 2008
  Hundreds of thousands of gallons of petrol were held up at Shell’s Stanlow site last night, after the four-day strike by tanker drivers got under way.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/14/tanker-
  strike-bites-64375-21072574/

• Anger of Sayers’ workers over axe
  Liverpool Echo - 13th June 2008
  Hundreds of axed bakery workers could take action claiming unfair dismissal.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/13/anger-of-sayers-
  workers-over-axe-100252-21067294/

• Fuel tanker strike hits Stanlow oil refinery
  Liverpool Echo - 13th June 2008
  Striking fuel tanker drivers blockaded the Shell Stanlow refinery in Wirral today.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/13/fuel-tanker-strike-
  hits-stanlow-oil-refinery-100252-21069075/

• Why did council spend £445,000 to fill jobs?
  Liverpool Daily Post - 13th June 2008
  Liverpool city council’s chief executive and other directors have broken the authority’s rules when using recruitment agencies to fill vacancies.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/13/why-did-
  council-spend-445-000-to-fill-jobs-64375-21067464/

• Fuel drivers in four-day strike over pay dispute
  Liverpool Echo - 11th June 2008
  Shell’s Stanlow oil refinery in Wirral is one of those expected to be hit by a strike by tanker drivers if talks to end a pay dispute fail.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/11/fuel-drivers-in-
  four-day-strike-over-pay-dispute-100252-21056159/

• Labour MPs to lose GMB union donations
  Liverpool Daily Post - 10th June 2008
  Up to four of the region’s MPs will lose £20,000 of campaign funding each, after a trade union accused Labour of treating workers with “contempt”.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/10/labour-mps-
  to-lose-gmb-union-donations-64375-21047769/

• Sayers to axe 270 jobs on Merseyside
  Liverpool Echo - 9th June 2008
  Sayers bosses today said 270 Merseyside jobs are to be axed following a management buy-out.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/09/sayers-to-axe-
  270-jobs-on-merseyside-100252-21045517/

• Summit protest planned
  Liverpool Echo - 7th June 2008
  Lecturers are to disrupt Liverpool Hope university’s global human rights congress in protest against redundancies.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/07/summit-protest-
  planned-100252-21037099/

• 250 jobs to go as Norwich Union closes down Liverpool base
  Liverpool Echo - 6th June 2008
  Hundreds of jobs are being axed at insurance giant Norwich Union’s Liverpool city centre office.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/06/250-jobs-to-go-
  as-norwich-union-closes-down-liverpool-base-100252-21034860/

• Teaching jobs may be cut, say Lib-Dems
  Liverpool Daily Post - 6th June 2008
  More than half of Liverpool’s schools are suffering a cut in funding putting teachers’ jobs under threat, it was claimed yesterday.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/06/teaching-
  jobs-may-be-cut-say-lib-dems-64375-21032520/

• Jobs and courses hit by college cash cuts
  Liverpool Echo - 5th June 2008
  Education chiefs today confirmed scores of adult courses and more than 30 jobs are to be axed at Liverpool community college.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/06/05/jobs-and-courses-
  hit-by-college-cash-cuts-100252-21025891/

• Ministers broke rules during a visit to Liverpool constituency
  Liverpool Daily Post - 5th June 2008
  Two government ministers were ticked off for breaking Commons rules yesterday as the fight for a Liverpool constituency turned ugly.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/05/ministers-
  broke-rules-during-a-visit-to-liverpool-constituency-64375-21025965/

• Rail staff balloted for strike action
  Liverpool Daily Post - 2nd June 2008
  Members of the RMT union at Liverpool Lime Street are being balloted for industrial action.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/06/02/rail-staff-
  balloted-for-strike-action-64375-21007604/

• Hunger striker to bring his fight to Liverpool
  Liverpool Daily Post - 31st May 2008
  A Belfast hunger striker whose public battle against his trade union nearly cost him his life this week will bring his story to Liverpool later this month.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/31/hunger-
  striker-to-bring-his-fight-to-liverpool-64375-21002431/

• Pay strike crunch for public sector
  Liverpool Daily Post - 30th May 2008
  UNISON, the UK’s largest public sector trade union, today (May 30) started sending out ballot papers over strike action.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/30/pay-strike-
  crunch-for-public-sector-64375-20999120/

• Strike threat at Royal and Broadgreen hospitals
  Liverpool Echo - 28th May 2008
  Hundreds of staff are poised to strike at two Liverpool hospitals.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/28/strike-
  threat-at-royal-and-broadgreen-hospitals-64375-20987674/

• Ricky and Jimmy back hunger strike
  Liverpool Echo - 24th May 2008
  Ricky Tomlinson and Jimmy McGovern have thrown their support behind a Belfast hunger striker.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/24/ricky-and-jimmy-
  back-hunger-strike-100252-20968425/

• Union chief Eddie Roberts cleared after 14-year battle
  Liverpool Daily Post - 23rd May 2008
  Merseyside’s former top union official was unjustly and unfairly purged from his post.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/23/union-chief-
  eddie-roberts-cleared-after-14-year-battle-64375-20964423/

• Sayers Norris Green plant ‘to be axed’
  Liverpool Echo - 22nd May 2008
  Liverpool baker Sayers plans a total shutdown of its Norris Green plant with the loss of more than 200 jobs, unions said today.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/22/sayers-norris-
  green-plant-to-be-axed-100252-20948175/

• Robert Tressell’s ragged trousers get design makeover
  Liverpool Echo - 21st May 2008
  The most famous novel of English working-class life is being brought up to date by a Merseyside scriptwriter.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/21/robert-tressell-s-
  ragged-trousers-get-design-makeover-100252-20941137/

• Strike threat for Ashworth hospital
  Liverpool Echo - 21st May 2008
  Prison officers at Ashworth high security hospital say they are prepared to take industrial action if their shift patterns are changed.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/21/strike-threat-for-
  ashworth-hospital-100252-20939926/

• 80 jobs on line in college cash cuts
  Liverpool Echo - 20th May 2008
  Up to 80 college jobs and scores of adult learning courses are to be axed after a huge cut in funding.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/20/80-jobs-on-line-
  in-college-cash-cuts-100252-20935941/

• Govt unions strike ballot
  Liverpool Echo - 20th May 2008
  Local government workers are to vote on strike action over their pay claim.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/20/govt-unions-strike-
  ballot-100252-20934398/

• Radical shake-up for Liverpool city council’s executive board
  Liverpool Daily Post - 20th May 2008
  Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley last night unveiled a completely new look to his decision-making cabinet following the local elections held earlier this month.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/20/radical-
  shake-up-for-liverpool-city-council-s-executive-board-64375-20934567/

• Tony Benn joins folk singer on journey through history
  Liverpool Daily Post - 19th May 2008
  What do you get when you cross one of the country’s most well-known left wing figures with one of the folk scene’s established stalwarts?
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/19/tony-benn-
  joins-folk-singer-on-journey-through-history-64375-20929693/

• Mike Storey to become Mayor of Liverpool in 2009
  Liverpool Echo - 17th May 2008
  Former Liverpool council leader Mike Storey is set for a role as the city’s Lord Mayor.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/17/mike-storey-to-
  become-mayor-of-liverpool-in-2009-100252-20924097/

• Former leader Storey to step down from political frontline
  Liverpool Daily Post - 17th May 2008
  Liverpool’s former leader and regeneration chief is being moved out of frontline politics for the first time in 35 years.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/17/former-
  leader-storey-to-step-down-from-political-frontline-64375-20924354/

• Warren Bradley in dirty tricks row over leadership win
  Liverpool Daily Post - 17th May 2008
  Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley last night found himself at the heart of a “dirty tricks” row that has divided the city’s ruling Liberal Democrat group.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/17/warren-
  bradley-in-dirty-tricks-row-over-leadership-win-64375-20924357/

• ‘Dirty tricks’ drive reveals split in Liverpool’s ruling Lib-Dem party
  Liverpool Daily Post - 15th May 2008
  The division among Liverpool’s ruling Liberal Democrat party is today laid bare by the revelation of a “dirty tricks” campaign against one of the challengers in this week’s leadership election.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/15/dirty-tricks-
  drive-reveals-split-in-liverpool-s-ruling-lib-dem-party-64375-20912455/

• By the left, march for the city’s radical tour
  Liverpool Echo - 14th May 2008
  A radical walking tour of Liverpool is being launched today.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/14/by-the-left-march-
  for-the-city-s-radical-tour-100252-20906179/

• Warren Bradley beats leadership challenge at Liverpool City Council
  Liverpool Daily Post - 12th May 2008
  Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley has hung on to his job.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/12/warren-
  bradley-beats-leadership-challenge-at-liverpool-city-council-64375-20899675/

• Clucas quits Liverpool Council leadership race
  Liverpool Daily Post - 10th May 2008
  A senior Liberal Democrat in Liverpool last night said she would not stand in the party’s leadership race.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/10/clucas-
  quits-liverpool-council-leadership-race-64375-20889066/

• Liverpool Hope University exam strike threat
  Liverpool Echo - 9th May 2008
  Liverpool students face final exams chaos as 200 lecturers threaten to strike.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/09/liverpool-hope-
  university-exam-strike-threat-100252-20885480/

• Wildcat strike at Arriva depot in Speke
  Liverpool Daily Post - 7th May 2008
  Thousands of south Liverpool commuters were stranded this morning following a wildcat strike at bus company Arriva’s Speke depot.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/07/wildcat-
  strike-at-arriva-depot-in-speke-64375-20873649/

• Senior Lib-Dem refuses to rule out Liverpool hot-seat challenge
  Liverpool Daily Post - 5th May 2008
  A senior Liberal Democrat in Liverpool last night would not rule out standing in the party’s leadership race.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/05/senior-lib-
  dem-refuses-to-rule-out-liverpool-hot-seat-challenge-64375-20862712/

• Labour leader claims Lib Dems are at civil war
  Liverpool Echo - 3rd May 2008
  Labour leader Joe Anderson today said today the challenge to the Lib Dem leadership was a sign civil war had broken out within the group.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/05/03/labour-leader-
  claims-lib-dems-are-at-civil-war-100252-20856642/

• Warren Bradley faces double challenge for Liverpool's Lib Dem crown
  Liverpool Daily Post - 2nd May 2008
  Liverpool’s Lib Dem council leader Warren Bradley today faced a two-pronged bid to oust him.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/02/warren-
  bradley-faces-double-challenge-for-liverpool-s-lib-dem-crown-64375-20854004/

• Lib Dems cling on to power in Liverpool
  Liverpool Daily Post - 2nd May 2008
  The Liberal Democrats this morning sensationally kept control of Liverpool City Council - by  a whisker.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/05/02/lib-dems-
  cling-on-to-power-in-liverpool-64375-20851674/

• STRIKE: Coastguards, jobcentre staff and immigration out too
  Liverpool Daily Post - 25th April 2008
  Coastguards, Jobcentre staff and immigration officers were among the thousands who also went on strike yesterday.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/25/strike-
  coastguards-jobcentre-staff-and-immigration-out-too-64375-20818361/

• Teachers on picket line for strike day
  Liverpool Echo - 24th April 2008
  Dozens of schools were closed across Merseyside today as teachers walked out for the first time in 20 years.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/24/teachers-on-
  picket-line-for-strike-day-100252-20812697/

• Liverpool council to get help dealing with financial problems
  Liverpool Daily Post - 23rd April 2008
  Troubleshooters are being recruited to help Liverpool council tackle its financial problems.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/23/liverpool-
  council-to-get-help-dealing-with-financial-problems-64375-20809025/

• 2,000 teachers to strike for a day
  Liverpool Echo - 22nd April 2008
  More than 100 Merseyside schools will be closed because of the teachers’ strike this week.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/22/2-000-teachers-
  to-strike-for-a-day-100252-20797830/

• Civil servants to join teachers in day of protest over wage deals below inflation
  Liverpool Daily Post - 22nd April 2008
  Over 100,000 Members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working across 10 government departments and agencies will be on strike at the same time teachers and lecturers in the one-day strike on Thursday.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/22/civil-
  servants-to-join-teachers-in-day-of-protest-over-wage-deals-below-inflation-
  64375-20798064/

• Half of Liverpool and Merseyside's schools to shut as teachers strike over pay
  Liverpool Daily Post - 22nd April 2008
  Half of all Merseyside’s schools will close or be partially shut on Thursday as hundreds of teachers walk out on strike.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/22/half-of-
  liverpool-and-merseyside-s-schools-to-shut-as-teachers-strike-over-pay-64375-
  20798045/

• Local elections 08: All to play for & it’s your call
  Liverpool Echo - 21st April 2008
  Ten years of Liberal Democrat rule faces its stiffest challenge yet at this year’s Liverpool council elections.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/21/local-elections-08-
  all-to-play-for-it-s-your-call-100252-20792748/

• Election preview: Race for Liverpool has never been tighter
  Liverpool Daily Post - 21st April 2008
  The Liberal Democrat grip on Liverpool may slip next week for the first time in a decade. The party has been the dominant force in the city since 1998, but has seen a huge majority slowly eroded from the heady days when it had 70 of the city’s 90 seats.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/21/election-
  preview-race-for-liverpool-has-never-been-tighter-64375-20793763/

• Football clubs in fury at BNP website
  Liverpool Echo - 19th April 2008
  Everton and Liverpool have united to condemn Merseyside BNP for using their grounds on the front page of its website.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/19/football-clubs-in-
  fury-at-bnp-website-100252-20787216/

• 500 Ethel Austin jobs to go
  Liverpool Echo - 17th April 2008
  Up to 500 Ethel Austin jobs were axed as administrators started looking for buyers for the troubled Merseyside discount chain.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/17/500-ethel-austin-
  jobs-to-go-100252-20779070/

• £20m ‘still available’ for Culture year
  Liverpool Echo - 17th April 2008
  A minister has insisted the door is still open for a rescue plan to pay for Liverpool’s Capital of Culture celebrations.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/17/20m-still-available-
  for-culture-year-100252-20777450/

• 181 jobs axed as Ethel Austin set to close 33 stores
  Liverpool Daily Post - 17th April 2008
  Administrators at collapsed Merseyside-based retail chain Ethel Austin yesterday made 181 head office staff redundant and announced the closure of 33 of the group’s stores.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/17/181-jobs-
  axed-as-ethel-austin-set-to-close-33-stores-64375-20777166/

• We’re here for as long as it takes, say crisis experts working to balance council’s budget
  Liverpool Daily Post - 17th April 2008
  Crisis managers drafted in to help balance Liverpool City Council’s budget will be there for “as long as it takes”, a government minister said yesterday.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/17/we-re-
  here-for-as-long-as-it-takes-say-crisis-experts-working-to-balance-council-s-
  budget-64375-20776353/

• Fight to save Ethel Austin
  Liverpool Echo - 16th April 2008
  Directors of stricken discount chain Ethel Austin were meeting administrators today as the Knowsley-based firm fights for its future.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/16/fight-to-save-
  ethel-austin-100252-20770814/

• Lecturers to join strike day
  Liverpool Echo - 15th April 2008
  Merseyside college lecturers are set to join teachers for the region’s first strike in 20 years.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/15/lecturers-to-join-
  strike-day-100252-20765419/

• Mersey jobs fears as Ethel Austin goes into administration
  Liverpool Daily Post - 15th April 2008
  Discount store chain Ethel Austin has gone into administration putting hundreds of jobs at risk.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/15/mersey-
  jobs-fears-as-ethel-austin-goes-into-administration-64375-20768402/

• 600 teachers head for city conference
  Liverpool Echo - 14th April 2008
  Hundreds of headteachers are to converge on Liverpool for their union’s annual conference.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/14/600-teachers-
  head-for-city-conference-100252-20759239/

• Unions vow to fight Royal Liverpool Hospital PFI plan
  Liverpool Daily Post - 14th April 2008
  Unions have formed a united front against the Royal Liverpool Hospital being rebuilt by a Private Finance Initiative (PFI).
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/14/unions-
  vow-to-fight-royal-liverpool-hospital-pfi-plan-64375-20759991/

• Worried Lib-Dems bring in national leader amid defeat fears
  Liverpool Daily Post - 11th April 2008
  Liberal Democrat officials have drafted in extra support to try to ensure the party retains control of Liverpool town hall in May’s local elections.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/11/worried-lib-
  dems-bring-in-national-leader-amid-defeat-fears-64375-20749942/

• Jobs threat at Sayers
  Liverpool Echo - 8th April 2008
  Up to 150 jobs are at risk at Liverpool bakery chain Sayers’ Norris Green site.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/08/jobs-threat-at-
  sayers-100252-20735526/

• City’s tribute to union hero
  Liverpool Echo - 7th April 2008
  The author of what is considered the “trade unionist’s bible” will be commemorated in a week of events next month.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/07/city-s-tribute-to-
  union-hero-100252-20730004/

• Fire union in dispute talks
  Liverpool Echo - 7th April 2008
  Firefighters will meet managers to discuss the “downgrading” of two Liverpool fire stations at an arbitration meeting in London.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/07/fire-union-in-
  dispute-talks-100252-20729881/

• Gordon Brown joins in tributes to union leader
  Liverpool Echo - 7th April 2008
  Tributes were today paid to a Merseyside union leader who died weeks before he was due to take teachers out on strike.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/07/gordon-brown-
  joins-in-tributes-to-union-leader-100252-20730674/

• Local elections 08: Candidates set for showdown
  Liverpool Echo - 5th April 2008
  The battle to win control of Merseyside’s town halls started in earnest today when hundreds of election candidates came forward.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/05/local-elections-08-
  candidates-set-for-showdown-100252-20722973/

• Student teachers to strike
  Liverpool Echo - 5th April 2008
  Trainee teachers are set to join Merseyside’s first teacher strike for more than 20 years.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/05/student-teachers-
  to-strike-100252-20722401/

• BNP out in force ahead of Merseyside local elections
  Liverpool Daily Post - 5th April 2008
  The BNP is fielding more candidates in Merseyside then ever before it emerged last night after nominations closed for May’s local elections.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/05/bnp-out-in-
  force-ahead-of-merseyside-local-elections-64375-20724014/

• Teachers union leader Steve Sinnott dies
  Liverpool Daily Post - 5th April 2008
  The Liverpool-born leader of Britain's biggest teaching union has died.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/05/teachers-
  union-leader-steve-sinnott-dies-100252-20725200/

• Jobs fear for city workers
  Liverpool Echo - 3rd April 2008
  Union bosses fear scores of jobs could be at risk after Liverpool’s council homes were handed to a new landlord.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/04/03/jobs-fear-for-city-
  workers-100252-20711275/

• Ex-Liverpool council manager gives evidence against bosses in standards probe
  Liverpool Daily Post - 3rd April 2008
  An ex-Liverpool council employee has given evidence against his former political masters in an ethical standards investigation.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/03/ex-
  liverpool-council-manager-gives-evidence-against-bosses-in-standards-probe-
  64375-20711643/

• Labour leader pledges to become Liverpool's first full-time political chief
  Liverpool Daily Post - 3rd April 2008
  Liverpool’s Labour leader Joe Anderson last night pledged to give up his day job and become the city’s first full-time leader if his party takes control of the council next month.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/03/labour-
  leader-pledges-to-become-liverpool-s-first-full-time-political-chief-64375-
  20711735/

• Liverpool Lib Dem councillor's shock defection to Liberal Party
  Liverpool Daily Post - 3rd April 2008
  A Liverpool Liberal Democrat councillor has this morning defected to the Liberal Party.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/03/liverpool-
  lib-dem-councillor-s-shock-defection-to-liberal-party-64375-20714103/

• Merseyside teachers to go on strike over pay
  Liverpool Daily Post - 1st April 2008
  Merseyside teachers will take part in the region’s first countywide school strike for more than 20 years.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/04/01/merseyside-
  teachers-to-go-on-strike-over-pay-64375-20703539/

• Labour: Our eight-point plan for a better city
  Liverpool Echo - 28th March 2008
  Thousands of new houses could be built across Liverpool to help people struggling to find or afford homes in the city.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/03/28/labour-our-eight-
  point-plan-for-a-better-city-100252-20686200/

• Care home turnaround and pledges on wastage in Liverpool's Labour manifesto
  Liverpool Daily Post - 28th March 2008
  Labour leaders pledged to keep two Liverpool care homes open and regenerate derelict housing last night, as the party launched its manifesto.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/28/care-home-
  turnaround-and-pledges-on-wastage-in-liverpool-s-labour-manifesto-64375-
  20685013/

• Liverpool Council's education chief quits
  Liverpool Daily Post - 27th March 2008
  Liverpool city councillor Paul Clein has resigned as executive member for children’s services in the wake of the row about the deselection of a Liberal Democrat colleague and what he calls the "questionable behaviour" of the council leadership.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/27/liverpool-
  council-s-education-chief-quits-64375-20681501/

• Protest anger as council votes to close care homes
  Liverpool Daily Post - 27th March 2008
  A noisy demonstration was held outside Liverpool Town Hall last night as councillors debated the closure of two homes providing care for the elderly.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/27/protest-
  anger-as-council-votes-to-close-care-homes-64375-20679334/

• Warren Bradley in row over Las Vegas show tickets
  Liverpool Daily Post - 27th March 2008
  Liverpool council leader Warren Bradley was last night accused of failing to declare his attendance at a Las Vegas show at taxpayers’ expense.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/27/warren-
  bradley-in-row-over-las-vegas-show-tickets-64375-20679352/

• Axed councillor’s Lib-Dem rant at Liverpool Council
  Liverpool Daily Post - 26th March 2008
  A tirade of criticism damning the leadership of Liverpool council was circulated by a deselected Lib-Dem member yesterday.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/26/axed-
  councillor-s-lib-dem-rant-at-liverpool-council-64375-20673750/

• Academy teachers may strike
  Liverpool Echo - 25th March 2008
  Merseyside teachers whose schools become academies could strike if concerns over pay, conditions and the curriculum are not met.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/03/26/academy-
  teachers-may-strike-100252-20673548/

• Cash crisis hits abuse advice team
  Liverpool Echo - 25th March 2008
  The future of Merseyside’s domestic violence helpline is under threat after it suffered a cash crisis.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/03/26/cash-crisis-hits-
  abuse-advice-team-100252-20674835/

• Fury over law centre cash crisis
  Liverpool Echo - 25th March 2008
  People are being urged to protest to save one of Liverpool’s best-known law centres.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/03/25/fury-over-law-
  centre-cash-crisis-100252-20668002/

• ELECTION 08: Labour ready to seize back control of Liverpool
  Liverpool Daily Post - 25th March 2008
  Battle lines have been drawn in the first realistic challenge to the Liberal Democrat control of Liverpool City Council since 1998.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/25/election-
  08-labour-ready-to-seize-back-control-of-liverpool-64375-20668529/

• Lib Dem councillor deselected "after clash with Warren Bradley
  Liverpool Daily Post - 24th March 2008
  A popular Lib-Dem councillor has been deselected amid claims he challenged the party leader, Warren Bradley, over the fallout from the Mathew Street festival cancellation.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/24/lib-dem-
  councillor-deselected-after-clash-with-warren-bradley-64375-20665444/

• Thousands say no to care homes axe
  Liverpool Echo - 22nd March 2008
  Thousands of people are backing a campaign to save two Liverpool care homes from closure.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/03/22/thousands-say-no-
  to-care-homes-axe-100252-20658958/

• Mathew Street Festival ‘scapegoat’ gets £12k out-of-court settlement
  Liverpool Daily Post - 19th March 2008
  The man blamed for last year’s cancellation of the Mathew Street Festival has reached an out-of-court settlement with Liverpool City Council.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/19/mathew-
  street-festival-scapegoat-gets-12k-out-of-court-settlement-64375-20643485/

• Edge Lane plans condemned by Govt advisors
  Liverpool Echo - 14th March 2008
  Government advisors have condemned plans to redevelop Liverpool’s Edge Lane.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/03/14/edge-lane-plans-
  condemned-by-govt-advisors-100252-20623101/

• Please don’t close down our nursery, we love it!
  Liverpool Echo - 14th March 2008
  Liverpool’s Chinese community has condemned plans to shut a bilingual nursery.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/03/14/please-don-t-
  close-down-our-nursery-we-love-it-100252-20620995/

• Plug pulled on £175,000 pool
  Liverpool Echo - 14th March 2008
  A swimming pool is being closed just a year after being given a £175,000 facelift.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/03/14/plug-pulled-on-
  175-000-pool-100252-20620990/

• Snap up this chance
  Liverpool Echo - 14th March 2008
  The TUC is offering workers the chance to put their views forward while boosting Liverpool’s Capital of Culture celebrations.
  www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2008/03/14/snap-up-this-
  chance-100252-20621005/

• Major new setback to Liverpool’s Edge Lane plans
  Liverpool Daily Post - 14th March 2008
  The Government’s leading design advisors have condemned plans to transform a key gateway into Liverpool, the Daily Post can reveal.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/14/major-new-
  setback-to-liverpool-s-edge-lane-plans-64375-20621204/

• Protesters target city M&S again
  Liverpool Daily Post - 14th March 2008
  Marks & Spencer came under renewed attack yesterday for “exploiting its workforce”.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/14/protesters-
  target-city-m-s-again-64375-20621144/

• Road saga that won’t go away
  Liverpool Daily Post - 14th March 2008
  The saga of redeveloping Edge Lane is one which simply refuses to come to an end. Liverpool City Council, English Partnerships and developers Liverpool Land Development Company are still reeling at being thwarted in their aims by battling pensioner Elizabeth Pascoe.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/liverpool-columnists/columns/2008/03/14/road-
  saga-that-won-t-go-away-64375-20621113/

• Union fears over council jobs
  Liverpool Daily Post - 11th March 2008
  Fears are growing among Sefton Council workers as companies being lined up to take over services promised to slash running costs.
  www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2008/03/11/union-
  fears-over-council-jobs-64375-20602428/

• Councillor’s election trial
  Liverpool Echo - 1